Luis Sepulveda v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, 1

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• holding that court has jurisdiction to review BIA determination that alien is ineligible for discretionary relief as a matter of law
• holding that the § 1252(a)(2)(B) jurisdictional bar that applies to a final order of removal also applies to related motions to reopen
• holding that the jurisdictional limitation for discretionary denials of relief applies equally to denials of motions to reopen or reconsider that relief
• concluding that a statute prohibiting judicial review of the Attorney General’s discretionary determinations about an immigrant’s eligibility for certain relief “does not strip courts of jurisdiction to review nondiscretionary decisions regarding an alien’s eligibility”
• explaining that the court of appeals has jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision on a motion to reconsider that is \'sufficiently connected' to the final order of removal based on nondiscretionary factors\
• providing that the jurisdictional bar for discretionary denials of relief applies equally to denials of motions to reopen or reconsider

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