Gutierrez

Gutierrez v. Mukasey

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258 F. App'x 929
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 10, 2007No. 05-76061California253 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Sofia Dueñas Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of *930 the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order upholding an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . 'We review the agency’s continuous physical presence determination for substantial evidence. See Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir.2006). We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. See Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Dueñas Gutierrez did not meet the continuous physical presence requirement where she credibly testified that she departed the United States for Mexico on October 2, 1987 and returned on January 6, 1988. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(d)(2) (departure of greater than 90 days breaks continuous physical presence).

Dueñas Gutierrez’s contention that the IJ violated due process by not questioning a discrepancy regarding the date of her departure did not make her hearing “so fundamentally unfair that [she] was prevented from…

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