Case Name: Armando LOPEZ-PAZ, aka Joel Lopez-Rodriguez, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-05-02
Citations: 649 F. App'x 504
Docket Number: No. 14-73971
Parties: Armando LOPEZ-PAZ, aka Joel Lopez-Rodriguez, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 649
Pages: 504–506

Head Matter:
Armando LOPEZ-PAZ, aka Joel Lopez-Rodriguez, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-73971.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 26, 2016.
Filed May 2, 2016.
David N. Parmenter, Parmenter & Associates, Blackfoot, ID, for Petitioner.
Kristen Giuffreda Chapman, Trial, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Armando Lopez-Paz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's denial of his application for cancellation of removal, and denying his motion to remand. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's continuous physical presence determination, Serrano Gutierrez v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1114, 1116 (9th Cir.2008), and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1097-98 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Lopez-Paz did not demonstrate the ten years of continuous physical presence required for cancellation of removal, where Lopez-Paz testified that he departed the United States for a period of more than 90 days during the statutory period. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(A), (d)(2) (a departure in excess of 90 days breaks continuous physical presence).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Lopez-Paz' motion to remand, where Lopez-Paz failed to establish that the evidence he submitted was unavailable at the time of his removal hearing. See Angov v. Lynch, 788 F.3d 893, 897 (9th Cir.2015) ("Since a motion to re mand is so similar to a motion to reopen, the motion to remand should be drafted in conformity with the regulations pertinent to motions to reopen[.]" (citation and quotation marks omitted)); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1) ("A motion to reopen proceedings shall not be granted unless it appears to the Board that evidence sought to be offered is material and was not available and could not have been discovered or presented at the former hearing[.]").
We deny Lopez-Paz' motion to supplement the record on appeal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A) ("the court of appeals shall decide the petition only on the administrative record on which the order of removal is based").
We also deny Lopez-Paz' request to remand to the BIA based on potential eligibility for new relief. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (new evidence may be added to the record through a motion to reopen with the agency).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.