Casa

Casa v. Mukasey

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265 F. App'x 518
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 24, 2008No. 06-70389California314 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

Octavio Cruz Casa and his wife, Edith Castillejos Perez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reconsider the BIA’s prior order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s decision denying cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reconsider. See Oh v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 611, 612 (9th Cir.2005). We grant in part and dismiss in part 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, 618 (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 accepts the terms of departure. See id. at 619 . In the record, there is no documentation showing that Cruz Casa was informed of the terms of his departure or that he accepted them voluntarily or knowingly, and the…

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