Juventino Chavez-Mondragon v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Juventino Chavez-Mondragon, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision pretermitting Chavez-Mondragon’s application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence continuous-residence determinations, see Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 847, 851 (9th Cir.2004), and review de novo questions of law, Cas tillo-Cruz v. Holder, 581 F.3d 1154, 1159-60 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.

■ Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Chavez-Mondra-gon lacks the seven years of continuous residence after admission required for cancellation of removal because his second conviction for petty theft under California law constitutes a second crime involving moral turpitude that terminated his accrual of continuous residence before the seven years had elapsed. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(2), (d)(1)(B); see also Castillo-Cruz, 581 F.3d at 1160 (recognizing petty theft under California law as a categorical crime involving moral turpitude). The petty-offense exception to…