NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 20 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JUAN CARLOS SANCHEZ-RAMIREZ, No. 15-73040
Petitioner, Agency No. A087-054-679
v.
MEMORANDUM*
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 18, 2017**
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Juan Carlos Sanchez-Ramirez, 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 adjustment of status. 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).
agency’s findings of fact. Valadez-Munoz v. Holder, 623 F.3d 1304, 1308 (9th Cir.
2010). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s denial of adjustment of status,
where Sanchez-Ramirez’s testimony established that he made a false claim of
United States citizenship to the California Department of Motor Vehicles to
procure a driver’s license and is therefore inadmissible. See 8 U.S.C.
§§ 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii), 1255(i), 1229a(c)(2)(A); Valadez-Munoz, 623 F.3d at 1308-
09 (use of United States birth certificate to erroneously obtain a benefit constitutes
a false claim of United States citizenship); Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 168
(9th Cir. 2007) (“so long as there is a basis in the evidence for a challenged
inference, we do not question whether a different inference was available or more
likely.”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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