Trujillo Hernandez v. Mukasey

MEMORANDUM **

Ruben Trujillo Hernandez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, Rosales-Rosales v. Ashcroft, 347 F.3d 714, 717 (9th Cir.2003), and we review for substantial evidence an IJ’s denial of withholding of removal, Cordon-Garcia v. INS, 204 F.3d 985, 990 (9th Cir.2000). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review.

Contrary to the government’s contentions, Trujillo Hernandez’s claims were exhausted because the BIA’s opinion cited Matter of Burbano, 20 I. & N. Dec. 872, 874 (BIA 1994), and did not express disagreement with any part of the IJ’s decision. See Abebe v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 1037, 1040-41 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Trujillo Hernandez failed to establish eligibility for withhold *607 ing of removal. See Faruk v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 940, 944 (9th Cir.2004).

The IJ determined that Trujillo Hernandez’s conviction under California Penal Code sections 242 and 243(e) was…