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Case: 23-60244         Document: 00516952811             Page: 1      Date Filed: 11/01/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                                                                       FILED
                                       No. 23-60244                             November 1, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   Saul Almaraz-Gomez,

                                                                                  Petitioner,

                                             versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                                Respondent.
                      ______________________________

                         Petition for Review of an Order of the
                             Board of Immigration Appeals
                               Agency No. A205 518 253
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Stewart, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Saul Almaraz-Gomez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
   review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upholding
   the immigration judge’s denial of his application for cancellation of removal.
   The BIA affirmed the immigration judge’s finding that Almaraz-Gomez

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   failed to meet his burden of showing that his removal would result in
   exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative.
          In the only argument he presents here, Almaraz-Gomez contends that
   the evidence showed that his removal would cause one of his daughters to
   suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardship due to educational
   challenges and psychological strain.     The hardship determination for
   cancellation of removal “is a discretionary and authoritative decision” that
   is beyond our review pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i). Castillo-
   Gutierrez v. Garland, 43 F.4th 477, 481 (5th Cir. 2022). Thus, we lack
   jurisdiction to consider Almaraz-Gomez’s factual challenge to the hardship
   determination. See id.
          Accordingly, the petition for review is DISMISSED for lack of
   jurisdiction.

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