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No. 8623648
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Blancas Alcaraz v. Gonzales

No. 8623648 · Decided July 31, 2006
No. 8623648 · Ninth Circuit · 2006 · FlawFinder last updated this page Apr. 2, 2026
Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
July 31, 2006
Citation
No. 8623648
Disposition
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Full Opinion
MEMORANDUM ** Arturo Blancas Alcaraz, his wife Irma Blancas, and their two sons, Sergio A. Blancas and Ismael Blancas, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying their applications for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. See Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review. We lack jurisdiction to consider petitioners’ contentions that the agency failed to consider certain hardship factors and gave insufficient weight to evidence concerning the health of the two adult petitioners, because the contentions are not supported by the record and do not state colorable constitutional claims. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005); see also Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 890 (9th Cir.2003). Petitioners’ contention that the IJ violated due process by limiting Ismael’s testimony is unavailing, because the proceedings were not “so fundamentally unfair that [petitioners] were prevented from reasonably presenting [their] case.” Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (citation omitted). Moreover, petitioners failed to demonstrate that additional testimony would have affected the outcome of the proceedings. See id. (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge). Petitioners Sergio and Ismael are ineligible for cancellation of removal because they lack a qualifying relative. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(D). PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED, in part, DENIED in part. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Plain English Summary
MEMORANDUM ** Arturo Blancas Alcaraz, his wife Irma Blancas, and their two sons, Sergio A.
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MEMORANDUM ** Arturo Blancas Alcaraz, his wife Irma Blancas, and their two sons, Sergio A.
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