Ochoa-Farias

Ochoa-Farias v. Ashcroft

Good Law
96 F. App'x 480
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 23, 2004No. 02-73961; Agency No. A75-593-228California277 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Rosalina Ochoa-Farias, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her request for cancellation of removal because she failed to show ten years of continuous physical presence. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, see Vera-Villegas v. Ashcroft, 330 F.3d 1222, 1230 (9th Cir. 2003), and we grant the petition for review.

Ochoa’s contention that the BIA’s streamlining procedures violate due process is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 850-51 (9th Cir. 2003).

Ochoa’s contention that the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act violates equal protection is foreclosed by Jimenez-Angeles v. Ashcroft, 291 F.3d 594, 602 (9th Cir.2002).

Although the IJ found that Ochoa’s evidence established the elements of good moral character and extremely unusual hardship to her United States citizen child, the IJ denied Ochoa’s application for cancellation of removal after finding that Ochoa did not testify credibly about her ten years of continuous physical presence in the United…

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