Hernandez-Salas

Hernandez-Salas v. Mukasey

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279 F. App'x 528
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 22, 2008No. 06-74082California213 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Gil Alfredo Hernandez-Salas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the.Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision pretermitting his 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. Ibarrar-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir.2006). We grant the petition for review and remand.

Substantial evidence does not support the agency’s determination that Hernandez-Salas’ continuous physical presence was broken based on an Apprehension History form, where the form is unsigned and does not show that Hernandez-Salas was informed of the terms of his departure or that he accepted them voluntarily or knowingly. See id. at 619 (administrative voluntary departure under threat of deportation breaks the accrual of continuous physical presence only where the record shows the alien was informed of the terms of departure and knowingly and voluntarily accepted them).

We therefore grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings. INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12,…

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