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Oliverio ORTEGA-SORIANO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 13-73460.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 21, 2015.
    
    Filed Sept. 25, 2015.
    Sophath Chou, Chou Law Office, P.S., Bellevue, WA, for Petitioner.
    Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, David H. Wet-more, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: REINHARDT, LEAVY, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Oliverio Ortega-Soriano, 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 cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s continuous physical presence determination, Gutierrez v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1114, 1116 (9th Cir.2008), and review de novo questions of law, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Ortega-Soriano knowingly and voluntarily accepted administrative voluntary departure in lieu of removal proceedings where the administrative voluntary departure agreement, Form 1-826, reflected that it was read to him in Spanish before he signed it. See Gutierrez, 521 F.3d at 1117-18 (requiring some evidence that the alien was informed of and accepted the terms of the voluntary departure agreement); cf. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 619-20 (9th Cir.2006) (insufficient evidence that alien knowingly and voluntarily accepted voluntary departure where record did not contain Form 1-826 and petitioner’s testimony suggested that he accepted return due to misrepresentations by immigration officers). The agency therefore properly concluded that, due to this voluntary departure during the relevant ten year period, Ortega-Soriano did not meet the continuous physical presence requirement for cancellation of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(A); Vasquez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 343 F.3d 961, 974 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam).

Ortega-Soriano’s claim that his right to due process was violated by the events leading to his 2002 departure is not supported by the record. Padilla-Martinez v. Holder, 770 F.3d 825, 830 (9th Cir.2014) (“To prevail on a due-process claim, a petitioner must demonstrate both a violation of rights and .prejudice.”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.