ARTURO LEON-VAZQUEZ, AKA Eddie Sanchez-Munoz v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ARTURO LEON-VAZQUEZ, AKA Eddie
Sanchez-Munoz,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-74037
Agency No. A205-991-561
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted September 12, 2018**
Before: LEAVY, HAWKINS, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Arturo Leon-Vazquez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying cancellation of removal. We have
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
SEP 20 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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agency’s factual findings, and review de novo questions of law. 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 Leon-Vazquez was
confined to a penal institution for an aggregate period of more than 180 days
during the statutory time period, and therefore cannot show good moral character
for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(f)(7), 1229b(b)(1)(B); Arreguin-
Moreno v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 1229, 1233 (9th Cir. 2008) (“[W]hen pre-trial
detention is credited against the sentence imposed upon conviction, the period of
pre-trial detention must be considered as confinement as a result of a conviction
within the meaning of § 1101(f)(7).”)
We reject Leon-Vazquez’s challenges to the good moral character
requirement. See Romero-Ochoa v. Holder, 712 F.3d 1328, 1331 (9th Cir. 2013)
(concluding that 8 U.S.C. § 1101(f)(7) is constitutional in the context of
cancellation of removal and voluntary departure under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1229b(b)(1),
1229c(b)(1)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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