Granados

MEMORANDUM ***

Guillermo Rosales Granados (“Granados”), a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request for suspension of deportation pursuant to § 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (a)(1) (now repealed). Both the IJ and BIA concluded that Petitioner failed “to attain the seven years of continuous physical presence necessary to qualify for such relief.” Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 512 (9th Cir.2001). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), as amended by Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”) section 309(c), and we deny the petition.

Petitioner claims that he meets the seven year continuous physical presence requirement necessary for suspension of deportation because he entered the United States on or about June 15, 1986 and that he continuously remained in the United States until the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) issued an Order to Show Cause on April 15, 1994. At the deportation proceeding, however, Petitioner failed to provide any…