Juan Rivera-Rivera v. Eric H. Holder Jr. ( 2010 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 12 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JUAN CARLOS RIVERA-RIVERA, No. 08-71076
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-793-446
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.
Juan Carlos Rivera-Rivera, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying his application for special rule cancellation
of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act 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).
1997 (“NACARA”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing de
novo questions of law, Cerezo v. Mukasey, 512 F.3d 1163, 1166 (9th Cir. 2008),
we deny the petition for review.
Rivera-Rivera’s contention is foreclosed by Barrios v. Holder, 581 F.3d 849,
858 (9th Cir. 2009) (holding that a minor who seeks relief as a derivative under
NACARA must personally satisfy the seven-year continuous physical presence
requirement).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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