Ramon Zamora Elias v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RAMON ZAMORA ELIAS,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-70282
Agency No. A096-047-788
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 10, 2011**
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Ramon Zamora Elias, 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 cancellation of removal application. We
have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law,
FILED
JAN 21 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny the
petition for review.
Zamora Elias cannot establish the good moral character required for
cancellation of removal because he participated in alien smuggling, see 8 U.S.C. §§
1229b(b)(1)(B), 1101(f)(3), and the family unity waiver of inadmissibility under 8
U.S.C. § 1182(d)(11) is not available to aliens seeking to establish good moral
character for the purposes of cancellation of removal, see Sanchez v. Holder, 560
F.3d 1028, 1030, 1032 (9th Cir. 2009) (en banc).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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