U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Juan Villa-Flores v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Juan Villa-Flores v. Eric Holder, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 29, 2011 · Canby, O'Scannlain, Fisher
441 F. App'x 435

Juan Villa-Flores v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Juan Alberto Villa-Flores, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s continuous physical presence determination, Guti errez v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1114, 1116 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Villa-Flores did not meet the continuous physical presence requirement where he testified that he accepted voluntary departure instead of appearing before an IJ during the relevant statutory time period. See id. at 1117-18 (petitioner’s testimony that he had the opportunity to go before an IJ and chose to depart instead is sufficient to establish presence-breaking voluntary departure).

We do not consider Villa-Flores’ hardship contentions because his failure to establish continuous physical presence is dis-positive. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(A).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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