NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 22-3185 _____________ JOSE MARTIN AVILA GARCIA, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ______________ On Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals No. A209-307-766 Immigration Judge: Dinesh C. Verma ______________ Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a) on July 13, 2023 Before: PHIPPS, McKEE, RENDELL, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: July 25, 2023) _____________________ OPINION ______________________ McKEE, Circuit Judge. This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. Jose Avila Garcia petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the denial of his application for cancellation of removal. We will deny the petition for review.1 I.2 Under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i), “[t]his Court lacks jurisdiction to review the denial of discretionary relief, including cancellation of removal. We may, however, review ‘constitutional claims or questions of law raised upon a petition for review . . . .’”3 To be eligible for cancellation of removal, an individual must establish “that removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” to a qualifying relative.4 “Challenges to ‘exceptional and extremely unusual’ hardship determinations constitute ‘quarrels over the exercise of discretion and the correctness of factual findings’ and do not raise constitutional claims or questions of law.”5 However “where the BIA is alleged to have made a hardship determination based on ‘an erroneous legal standard’ or ‘on fact- finding which is flawed by an error of law,’ our jurisdiction to review that determination is secure.”6 1 We have jurisdiction to review the BIA’s order under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1). 2 If the BIA “‘affirmed and partially reiterated’ the IJ’s determinations, we review both decisions.” Blanco v. Att’y Gen., 967 F.3d 304, 310 (3d Cir. 2020) (quoting Sandie v. Att’y Gen., 562 F.3d 246, 250 (3d Cir. 2009)). 3 Pareja v. Att’y Gen., 615 F.3d 180, 186 (3d Cir. 2010) (citation omitted) (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D)). 4 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1). 5 Patel v. Att’y Gen., 619 F.3d 230, 233 (3d Cir. 2010) (quoting Cospito v. Att’y Gen., 539 F.3d 166, 170 (3d Cir. 2008)). 6 Pareja, 615 F.3d at 188 (quoting Mendez v. Holder, 566 F.3d 316, 322 (2d Cir. 2009)). 2 Garcia contends that the IJ made several legal errors in the hardship determination, which provide us with jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that he failed to demonstrate hardship. Specifically, Garcia argues that the IJ legally erred by focusing on his present circumstances and those of his son in Mexico, rather than on the future hardship his U.S. citizen daughters would face in the event of his removal. However, the IJ looked at the current circumstances of Garcia and his son to help predict the hardship that would occur to Garcia’s daughters after his removal. Garcia does not raise colorable legal challenges to the hardship determination, rather he disputes the IJ’s discretionary factual findings. “[A] party may not …
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