Case Name: Jose Juan PEREZ-DURAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-07-11
Citations: 285 F. App'x 437
Docket Number: No. 04-73002
Parties: Jose Juan PEREZ-DURAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 285
Pages: 437–438

Head Matter:
Jose Juan PEREZ-DURAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-73002.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 1, 2008.
Filed July 11, 2008.
George Martin Zaehringer, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Melissa Neiman-Kelting, Papu Sandhu, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: WALLACE, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Juan Perez-Duran, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for lawful permanent resident cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law and claims of due process violations, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003), and deny the petition for review.
The agency correctly determined that Perez-Duran was statutorily ineligible for lawful permanent resident cancellation of removal because he was served with the Notice to Appear less than the seven years from his date of admission. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a)(2), (d)(1)(A).
Perez-Duran contends that the IJ denied his due process rights by denying him an opportunity to present the circumstances of his guilty plea in response to the government's motion to pretermit and by failing to look beyond the criminal conviction documents to determine his guilt or innocence. Perez-Duran's first contention is not supported by the record because the IJ afforded him the opportunity to be heard on the government's motion, and counsel declined. Perez-Duran's second contention is foreclosed by Tokatly v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 613, 623 (9th Cir.2004) (TJs may not go beyond the conviction documents "to examine the facts behind the conviction") (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.