Case Name: Socorro MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-03-27
Citations: 272 F. App'x 594
Docket Number: No. 05-72149
Parties: Socorro MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 272
Pages: 594–595

Head Matter:
Socorro MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-72149.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 18, 2008.
Filed March 27, 2008.
Socorro Martinez, Huntington Park, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Joan E. Smiley, Esq., Richard M. Evans, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, T.G. NELSON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Socorro Martinez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying her application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's continuous physical presence determination. See Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 847, 850-51 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that Martinez did not demonstrate continuous physical presence on the grounds that her testimony regarding her entry date was inconsistent with her testimony regarding the dates of her education and subsequent employment in Mexico, and where her supporting documentation was insufficient to show presence prior to 1991. See id. at 851-52 (requiring IJ to provide a "specific, cogent reason" for rejecting testimony and clarifying that "the issue is not whether the IJ made a proper credibility finding, but rather whether the IJ correctly found the tes timony insufficient to establish" continuous physical presence).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.