FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 19 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IRMA DE SANCHEZ, No. 06-70720
Petitioner, Agency No. A077-983-526
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 29, 2010 **
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Irma De Sanchez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration
judge’s decision finding her removable for participating in alien smuggling. 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 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).
agency’s findings of fact, Urzua Covarrubias v. Gonzales, 487 F.3d 742, 744 (9th
Cir. 2007), and review de novo legal questions, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d
586, 591 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that De Sanchez is
removable for alien smuggling where the documentary evidence indicated that De
Sanchez knowingly assisted in the smuggling attempt. See Urzua Covarrubias,
487 F.3d at 748-49; see also Altamirano, 427 F.3d at 595.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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