Jose Cano-Perez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Jose Luis Cano-Perez and Guadalupe Araceli Aguilar-Perez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to remand and dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, Sinotes-Cruz v. Gonzales, 468 F.3d 1190, 1194 (9th Cir.2006), and due process claims, Maravilla Maravilla v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 855, 858 (9th Cir.2004). We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to accept a late-filed brief. Garcia Gomez v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 1050, 1051 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam). We deny the petition for review.

The agency properly concluded that petitioners were ineligible for cancellation of removal for failure to show good moral character. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(B). Contrary to petitioners’ contention, their testimony established that each had been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (f)(3) (an alien who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”) is barred from showing good moral…