Gonzalez

Gonzalez v. Gonzales

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235 F. App'x 521
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 27, 2007No. 07-70727California241 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an Immigration Judge’s order denying petitioners Jose Luis Velazquez Gonzales and Juana Velazquez’s application for cancellation of removal and denying voluntary departure.

A review of respondent’s unopposed motion for summary disposition, along with the administrative record, demonstrates that there is substantial evidence to support the BIA’s decision that petitioners 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, 851 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, respondent’s motion for summary disposition 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).

Respondent’s motion to dismiss this petition for review in part for lack of jurisdic *522 tion is also granted. This court lacks jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of voluntary departure. Gomez-Lopez v.…

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