What is the scope of judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act?

Judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act is limited to the review of final agency actions that are not statutorily precluded from review or committed to agency discretion. 5 U.S.C. 701(a). An administrative action is "committed to agency discretion" when the law is drawn "so that a court would have no meaningful standard against which to review the agencys exercise of discretion." Heckler v. Chaney , 470 U.S. 821, 830, 105 S.Ct. 1649, 84 L.Ed.2d 714 (1985). If we determine that 8 C.F.R. 1003.1(c) commits the decision of whether to certify a claim to agency discretion, we lack jurisdiction

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to review that decision. This is an issue of first impression in this circuit.