Opinion
No. 12-70088 Agency No. A099-475-210
11-19-2013
LEODEGARI CONTRERAS-REYES, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Leodegari Contreras-Reyes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's denial of his application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's continuous physical presence determination. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Contreras-Reyes did not demonstrate ten years of continuous physical presence in the United States. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(d)(2) (departure for any periods exceeding 180 days in the aggregate breaks continuous physical presence).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Contreras-Reyes' due process claim regarding the lack of an interpreter at his removal hearing because he did not raise it before the agency and therefore failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review contentions not raised before the agency).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.