Escobar-Ortiz

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming an Immigration Judge’s order denying petitioner Ernesto *611 Escobar Ortiz’s applications for cancellation of removal and voluntary departure.

A review of the administrative record demonstrates that there is substantial evidence to support the BIA’s decision that petitioner failed to establish continuous physical presence in the United States for a period of not less than ten years as required for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(A); Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 881 F.3d 847 , 850-51 (9th Cir.2004). The record contains a signed Notice of Rights and Request for Disposition issued in 2001 showing that petitioner waived his right to a hearing in immigration court and requested to depart the country. See Vasquez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 343 F.3d 961, 972 (9th Cir.2003).

Accordingly, respondent’s motion for summary disposition in part is granted because the questions raised by this petition for review are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th Cir.1982) (per curiam).

We also conclude that…