FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 16 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JESUS BALTAZAR RAMIREZ-LEON, No. 07-72765
Petitioner, Agency No. A070-737-439
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 5, 2010 **
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Jesus Baltazar Ramirez-Leon, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal
from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for adjustment of
*
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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status. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo
questions of law, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir. 2003),
and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA properly denied Ramirez-Leon’s application for relief because he
failed to depart within the voluntary departure period after receiving adequate
notice of the penalties for failure to do so. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(d)(1)(B) (failure
to depart voluntarily within the time period results in a ten-year bar to certain
forms of relief, including adjustment of status); De Martinez v. Ashcroft, 374 F.3d
759, 762 (9th Cir. 2004) (BIA’s written notice of the penalties for failure to depart
is adequate under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(d)).
Ramirez-Leon’s remaining contentions are not persuasive.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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