Case Name: Milton Ernesto CRUZ-ARDON, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-08
Citations: 212 F. App'x 610
Docket Number: No. 06-70335
Parties: Milton Ernesto CRUZ-ARDON, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 212
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
Milton Ernesto CRUZ-ARDON, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-70335.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 4, 2006.
Filed Dec. 8, 2006.
Andres Z. Bustamante, Esq., Law Offices of Andres Z. Bustamante, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Se curity, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Mark C. Walters, Esq., Arthur L. Rabin, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Milton Ernesto Cruz-Ardon, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") order denying his application for relief under the Immigration and Nationality Act's former section 212(c). Reviewing Cruz-Ardon's due process contention de novo, Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir.2006), we deny the petition for review.
The BIA affirmed the IJ's "discretionary denial of relief for the reasons given in the decision below," and also stated its own legal conclusions. This decision satisfies our standards for an agency ruling. See Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d 1379, 1382 (9th Cir.1995) ("[T]he BIA can adopt the IJ's decision. If it is clear to us that it gave individualized consideration to the particular case, but chose to use the IJ's words rather than its own, this is sufficient."). We therefore conclude that Cruz-Ardon has not established a due process violation. See id. ("The adoption of a lower tribunal's reasons is a valid practice on review.").
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.