Cruz

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 28 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NEREA OVANDO CRUZ, No. 07-73037

Petitioner, Agency No. A070-784-550

v.

MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2011 Pasadena, California

Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Nerea Ovando Cruz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (BIA) reversal of the Immigration Judge’s (IJ)

grant of Cancellation of Removal for Certain Non-Permanent Residents under INA

§ 240A(b), 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). We review questions of law, such as the BIA’s

compliance with its own regulations, de novo. Brezilien v. Holder, 569 F.3d 403,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. 406 (9th Cir. 2009). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D), and we

grant the petition for…