Rueda v. Ashcroft

Jose Rodriguez Rueda petitions this court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order denying his application for cancellation of removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l). Rueda contests the merits of the IJ’s determination that he was statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal because he failed to demonstrate the requisite hardship.

Because this case involves the granting of relief under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b), the jurisdictional bar of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)© 1 is implicated. See Garcia-Melendez v. Ashcroft,…