Legal Opinion

Jose Felix Martinez v. U.S. Attorney General

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 21, 2006No. 04-16740PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jose Felix Martinez petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA’s) affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) order denying his application for cancellation of removal, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). Specifically, he challenges the BIA’s discretionary determination that he failed to satisfy § 1229b(b)(l)(D)’s “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” requirement. We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

I. BACKGROUND

The following facts are not in dispute. Petitioner is a native and citizen of Mexico who entered the United…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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  2. Sergio Leonel Mendoze v. U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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