Serfain Mendoza Lara v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Serfain Alejandro Mendoza Lara, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s findings of fact, Blanco v. Mukasey, 518 F.3d 714, 718 (9th Cir. 2008), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Mendoza Lara was inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(6)(C)(ii) because he made a false claim to being a United States citizen in April 2005. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B); Blanco, 518 F.3d at 720-21 .

In light of this disposition, we need not reach Mendoza Lara’s contentions concerning the January 2005 claim to citizenship nor his contention regarding res judi-cata.

Contrary to Mendoza Lara’s contention, it was not necessary for the BIA to ad dress his challenge to the admissibility of the 1-213 and G-166 where the BIA relied on the “Record of Sworn Statement” dated April 4, 2005, to determine Mendoza Lara was inadmissible.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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