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Imanil v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Feb 22, 2018
No. 16-70179 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2018)

Opinion

No. 16-70179

02-22-2018

ALFREDO IMANIL, AKA Karl Koja, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A031-230-136 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Alfredo Imanil, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's denial of cancellation of removal as a matter of discretion. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); Monroy v. Lynch, 821 F.3d 1175, 1177-78 (9th Cir. 2016) (holding that petitioner did not raise a reviewable issue because "he simply disagrees with the agency's weighing of his positive equities and the negative factors").

Although the court would retain jurisdiction over colorable questions of law and constitutional claims, Imanil raises no such claim. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005). ("To be colorable in this context, . . . the claim must have some possible validity." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.


Summaries of

Imanil v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Feb 22, 2018
No. 16-70179 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2018)
Case details for

Imanil v. Sessions

Case Details

Full title:ALFREDO IMANIL, AKA Karl Koja, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Feb 22, 2018

Citations

No. 16-70179 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2018)