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Luna v. Mukasey

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Mar 12, 2008
269 F. App'x 762 (9th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No. 05-75784.

Submitted February 26, 2008.

The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).

Filed March 12, 2008.

Maria Lisbet Luna, Riverside, CA, pro se.

CAC-District Counsel, W. Manning Evans, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A79-526-719.

Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.



MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Maria Lisbet Luna, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order upholding an immigration judge's decision pretermitting her 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. See Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir. 2006). We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Luna did not meet the continuous physical presence requirement where the record shows she was placed in expedited removal proceedings during the requisite time period. See Juarez-Ramon v. Gonzales, 485 F.3d 509, 512 (9th Cir. 2007) (holding that expedited removal interrupts an alien's continuous physical presence for cancellation purposes).

Luna's argument that the ten-year continuous physical presence requirement violates her due process rights is foreclosed by Padilla-Padilla v. Gonzales, 463 F.3d 972, 979-80 (9th Cir. 2006).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Luna v. Mukasey

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Mar 12, 2008
269 F. App'x 762 (9th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

Luna v. Mukasey

Case Details

Full title:Maria Lisbet LUNA, Petitioner, Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Mar 12, 2008

Citations

269 F. App'x 762 (9th Cir. 2008)