Maldonado-Mendoza

Maldonado-Mendoza v. Mukasey

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271 F. App'x 616
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 25, 2008No. 06-72412California381 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Viviana Maldonado-Mendoza, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her motion to terminate proceedings and finding her inadmissible for participation in alien smuggling. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s findings of fact. Moran v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Maldonado-Mendoza claims that she did not know that the passenger she attempted to drive across the border lacked proper documentation to enter the United States. However, the immigration official who conducted Maldonado-Mendoza’s sworn interview testified that the I-213 form accurately reflected her statement that she did know this information. *618 Maldonado-Mendoza has pointed to no evidence that the statement in the 1-213 form was the result of coercion. See Cuevas-Ortega v. INS, 588 F.2d 1274, 1278 (9th Cir.1979) (“the bare assertion that a statement is involuntary is insufficient” to prove coercion); see also…

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