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Olvera-Barbosa v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 3, 2017
No. 15-73129 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2017)

Opinion

No. 15-73129

10-03-2017

FRANCISCO MANUEL OLVERA-BARBOSA, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A092-555-036 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SILVERMAN, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Francisco Manuel Olvera-Barbosa, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his motion to suppress evidence and terminate removal proceedings and ordering him removed. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo the denial of a motion to suppress and claims of constitutional violations. Martinez-Medina v. Holder, 673 F.3d 1029, 1033 (9th Cir. 2011). We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Aguilar Gonzalez v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 1204, 1208 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

To the extent Olvera-Barbosa contends the agency erred by holding the Department of Homeland Security to an incorrect burden of proof, this contention lacks merit. See Mondaca-Vega v. Lynch, 808 F.3d 413, 420 (9th Cir. 2015) (holding that the phrase "clear, unequivocal, and convincing" does not signify a higher burden of proof than "clear and convincing").

The agency did not err by admitting into evidence the Form I-213, Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien, where Olvera-Barbosa did not show it contained inaccurate information or was otherwise unreliable. See Espinoza v. INS, 45 F.3d 308, 310 (9th Cir. 1995) (information on an authenticated immigration form is presumed to be reliable in the absence of evidence to the contrary presented by the alien).

Substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that Olvera-Barbosa is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(E)(i), where he knowingly assisted another alien in seeking entry into the United States in violation of the law. See Sanchez v. Holder, 704 F.3d 1107, 1110 (9th Cir. 2012) (knowingly participating in and aiding the attempted illegal entry is an affirmative act constituting alien smuggling); cf. Aguilar Gonzalez 534 F.3d at 1209 (no affirmative act of alien smuggling where petitioner did not provide her daughter's birth certificate for use by another to enter the United States, but merely acquiesced to its use).

We lack jurisdiction to consider Olvera-Barbosa's unexhausted contention that the IJ failed to conduct a full and complete credibility analysis. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.


Summaries of

Olvera-Barbosa v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 3, 2017
No. 15-73129 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2017)
Case details for

Olvera-Barbosa v. Sessions

Case Details

Full title:FRANCISCO MANUEL OLVERA-BARBOSA, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Oct 3, 2017

Citations

No. 15-73129 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2017)