LOPEZ AGUILAR AKA v. SESSIONS III (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Ricardo Lopez-Aguilar, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions 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 discretionary determination that Lopez-Aguilar lacks good moral character under the catch-all provision of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(f). See Moran v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir. 2005) (the court lacks jurisdiction to review discretionary determinations of moral character), overruled on other grounds by Sanchez v. Holder, 560 F.3d 1028 (9th Cir. 2009). Lopez-Aguilar’s contentions do not amount to a colorable constitutional claim or question of law that would invoke our jurisdiction. 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 international quotation marks omitted) ); Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010) (agency need not write an exegesis on every contention).

We lack jurisdiction to consider Lopez-Aguilar’s unexhausted contention that the agency improperly relied on the Form I-213 in its good moral character determination. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review contentions not raised before the agency).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.