Huerta

Huerta v. Mukasey

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301 F. App'x 639
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 14, 2008No. 08-72518California261 words

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MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming the Immigration Judge’s order denying petitioner Carlos Robles Huerta’s application for cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, and voluntary departure.

*640 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, 381 F.3d 847, 850-51 (9th Cir.2004).

Accordingly, respondent’s motion for summary disposition is granted in part 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).

To the extent that petitioner challenges the agency’s decision to deny petitioner’s application for adjustment of status and voluntary departure, we lack jurisdiction to review these discretionary determinations. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1229c(f), 1252(a)(2)(B)(i);…

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