Opinion
No. 09-72357 Agency No. A075-568-026
08-17-2011
JOVITA SALAS, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 11, 2011
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Before: THOMAS, SILVERMAN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Jovita Salas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Lopez v. INS, 184 F.3d 1097, 1099 (9th Cir. 1999), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA properly concluded that Salas was ineligible for cancellation of removal because she lacked seven years of continuous residence in the United States after being "admitted in any status." See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(2); Vasquez De Alcantar, No. 08-71427, 2001 WL 2163965 at *5 (9th Cir. June 3, 2011) (filing an application for adjustment of status does not constitute "admitted in any status").
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.