Mario Perez-Rosas v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARIO PEREZ-ROSAS,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 14-70148
Agency No. A099-449-449
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 26, 2016**
Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Mario Perez-Rosas, 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 denying his application for cancellation of removal.
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence
FILED
MAY 02 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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the agency’s factual determinations. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th
Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Perez-Rosas engaged
in affirmative acts in support of alien smuggling, which statutorily barred him from
establishing good moral character in order to qualify for cancellation of removal.
See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(f)(3), 1182(a)(6)(E)(i), 1229b(b)(1)(B); Urzua Covarrubias
v. Gonzales, 487 F.3d 742, 747-49 (9th Cir. 2007) (alien smuggling finding was
supported where petitioner provided an “affirmative act of help, assistance, or
encouragement” in furtherance of an alien’s illegal entry into the United States
(citation and quotation marks omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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