Case Name: Francisco RIVERA-MATA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-05-22
Citations: 325 F. App'x 612
Docket Number: No. 05-75686
Parties: Francisco RIVERA-MATA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 325
Pages: 612–612

Head Matter:
Francisco RIVERA-MATA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-75686.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 12, 2009.
Filed May 22, 2009.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Anh-Thu P. Mai, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Francisco Rivera-Mata, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision pretermitting his application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir.2006), we grant the petition for review and remand.
After the BIA order in this case, we held in Ibarra-Flores that administrative voluntary departure under threat of deportation breaks the accrual of continuous physical presence only where the alien is informed of the terms of the departure and knowingly and voluntarily accepts them. See id. at 619-20; see also Tapia v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 997, 1002-04 (9th Cir.2005). The record does not contain substantial evidence that Rivera-Mata was informed of the terms of his departure or that he accepted them knowingly and voluntarily.
The agency "should be given the first opportunity to assess the consequences of [Rivera-Mata's] departure under the 'knowing and voluntary' standard." Ibarra-Flores, 439 F.3d at 620. We therefore grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.