Oliverio Ortega-Soriano v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Oliverio Ortega-Soriano, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s 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, Gutierrez v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1114, 1116 (9th Cir.2008), and review de novo questions of law, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Ortega-Soriano knowingly and voluntarily accepted administrative voluntary departure in lieu of removal proceedings where the administrative voluntary departure agreement, Form 1-826, reflected that it was read to him in Spanish before he signed it. See Gutierrez, 521 F.3d at 1117-18 (requiring some evidence that the alien was informed of and accepted the terms of the voluntary departure agreement); cf. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 619-20 (9th Cir.2006) (insufficient evidence that alien knowingly and voluntarily accepted voluntary departure where…