Solano Zarco v. Holder

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337 F. App'x 675
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 1, 2009Nos. 06-71397, 06-73489California345 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

In these consolidated petitions for review, Odilon Solano Zarco and his family, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal, and the BIA’s order denying their motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence findings of fact, Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 847, 851 (9th Cir.2004), review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir. 2003), and review de novo constitutional challenges, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petitions for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of petitioners’ applications for cancellation of removal because the record does not compel the conclusion that Solano Zarco or his wife were continuously physically present in the United States for ten years. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1999) (a contrary result is not compelled where there is “[t]he possibility of drawing two…

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