Nieto

Nieto v. Mukasey

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255 F. App'x 233
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 21, 2007No. 05-75962California246 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Luis Sanchez Nieto, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order denying his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the agency’s *234 continuous physical presence determination for substantial evidence. See Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir.2006). We grant the petition for review and remand.

An intervening change in the law requires us to remand on the issue of continuous physical presence. In Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 619 (9th Cir.2006), we held that administrative voluntary departure under threat of deportation breaks the accrual of continuous physical presence only where the alien is informed of the terms of the departure and knowingly and voluntarily accept the terms. See also Tapia v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 997, 1004 (9th Cir.2005). In the record, there is no indication that Sanchez Nieto was informed of the terms of his first departure or that he accepted them voluntarily or knowingly, and his second departure appears to be a border turnaround. At the time the agency addressed these issues it did not have the…

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