Ramirez-Matias v. Holder, No. 14-1056 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseIn 2008, removal proceedings were commenced against Petitioner, a Guatemalan national. Petitioner conceded removability and cross-applied for discretionary relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) in the form of special rule cancellation of removal or for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). An Immigration Judge (IJ) denied Petitioner’s NACARA claim, concluding (1) special rule cancellation of removal under NACARA was not an appropriate exercise of discretion; and (2) Petitioner's remaining claims were without merit. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upheld the IJ’s decision. The First Circuit dismissed Petitioner’s petition for judicial review for want of jurisdiction, holding (1) under the circumstances of this case, the Court lacked jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of special rule cancellation of removal; and (2) Petitioner’s remaining claims of error were unexhausted and, thus, unsuitable for judicial review.
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