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Parties Involved:
Ruben Vega Cruz
Petitioner
U.S. Attorney General
Respondent

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 14-14316

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Agency No. A206-528-973

RUBEN VEGA CRUZ, 

 Petitioner,

 versus

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, 

 Respondent.

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Petition for Review of a Decision of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

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(November 19, 2015)

Before HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and MARTINEZ,∗ District Judge.

PER CURIAM: 

 ∗ Honorable Jose E. Martinez, United States District Judge for the Southern District of 

Florida, sitting by designation.

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Ruben Vega Cruz, a citizen of Mexico, seeks review of a final order by the 

Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed the denial of his motion to 

suppress evidence by the Immigration Judge (IJ). On appeal, Vega Cruz argues 

that the BIA and IJ erred by denying his motion to suppress where he presented 

prima facie evidence that the traffic stop conducted by local law enforcement was 

the result of racial profiling. Further, he argues that the I-213 form, completed by 

federal immigration agents during his detention subsequent to the stop, lacked 

reliability because it bore no indication that the agents possessed adequate Spanish 

language skills to create the document.1

 

After considering the parties’ briefs, the record on appeal, and with the 

benefit of oral argument, we find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the 

BIA’s dismissal of Vega Cruz’s appeal and deny the petition for relief. 

PETITION DENIED

 1 Vega Cruz arguably does not address the denial of his application for cancellation of 

removal on appeal. Accordingly, any claim in this regard is abandoned and we will not consider 

it. See Sepulveda v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 401 F.3d 1226, 1228 n.2 (11th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). In 

any event, the claim lacks merit.

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