Case Name: Jesus ORTEGA-GUILLEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-03-02
Citations: 315 F. App'x 619
Docket Number: No. 06-75656
Parties: Jesus ORTEGA-GUILLEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 315
Pages: 619–620

Head Matter:
Jesus ORTEGA-GUILLEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-75656.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 18, 2009.
Filed March 2, 2009.
Ashwani K. Bhakhri, Law Offices of Ashwani K. Bhakhri, Burlingame, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Kelly J. Walls, Esquire, Trial, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jesus Ortega-Guillen, 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 pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the agency's continuous physical presence determination for substantial evidence. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir.2006). We grant the petition for review and remand.
Substantial evidence does not support the agency's determination that Ortega-Guillen did not meet the continuous physical presence requirement where it is unclear whether Ortega-Guillen departed the United States due to an expedited removal order in 1999, and the record contains no such order. Cf. Juarez-Ramos v. Gonzales, 485 F.3d 509, 512 (9th Cir.2007) (an expedited removal order interrupts an alien's continuous physical presence for cancellation purposes); see also Ibarra-Flores, 439 F.3d at 619 (inconclusive evidence along with absence of voluntary departure form does not amount to substantial evidence of ineligibility for cancellation of removal). Because the nature and terms of Ortega-Guillen's departure are unclear, we grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings.
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Ortega-Guillen's remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.