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Patricio MARTINEZ-SEGURA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 15-72963
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted February 14, 2017 
    
    Filed February 22, 2017
    Murray David Hilts, Law Offices of Murray D. Hilts, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner
    Mona Maria Yousif, Trial Attorney, OIL, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
    Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Patricio Martinez-Segura, 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. Our jurisdiction is governed by 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). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Martinez-Segura failed to establish the requisite ten years of continuous physical presence in the United States for cancellation of removal, where record evidence indicates that Martinez-Segura requested voluntary departure in lieu of removal proceedings. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(A); 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 the voluntary departure form and petitioner’s testimony suggested that he accepted return due to misrepresentations by immigration officers).

We lack jurisdiction- to consider Martinez-Segura’s unexhausted contention regarding the lack of initials on his Form I-826. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010).

Martinez-Segura’s remaining contentions regarding the applicability of Vasquez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 343 F.3d 961 (9th Cir. 2003) and Castrejon-Garcia v. INS, 60 F.3d 1359 (9th Cir. 1995), and the separation of powers, are unpersuasive.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part, DISMISSED in part. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.