Case Name: Ramon Zamora ELIAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-21
Citations: 411 F. App'x 92
Docket Number: No. 08-70282
Parties: Ramon Zamora ELIAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 411
Pages: 92–93

Head Matter:
Ramon Zamora ELIAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70282.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 10, 2011.
Filed Jan. 21, 2011.
Edgardo Quintanilla, Esquire, Quintanilla Law Firm, INC., Sherman Oaks, CA, for Petitioner.
Daniel Eric Goldman, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, Rebecca Ariel Hoff-berg, Esquire, Trial, OIL, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Kristin Edison, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, 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
Ramon Zamora Elias, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his cancellation of removal application. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny the petition for review.
Zamora Elias cannot establish the good moral character required for cancellation of removal because he participated in alien smuggling, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(B), 1101(f)(3), and the family unity waiver of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(ll) is not available to aliens seeking to establish good moral character for the purposes of cancellation of removal, see Sanchez v. Holder, 560 F.3d 1028, 1030, 1032 (9th Cir.2009) (en banc).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.