Case Name: Martha Lilia LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-12-16
Citations: 358 F. App'x 977
Docket Number: No. 07-70138
Parties: Martha Lilia LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HUG, SKOPIL and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 358
Pages: 977–979

Head Matter:
Martha Lilia LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-70138.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 1, 2009.
Filed Dec. 16, 2009.
Martha Lilia Lopez, Anaheim, CA, pro se.
Kevin James Conway, Esquire, Richard M. Evans, Esquire, OIL, Andrew Jacob Oliveira, Esquire, Trial, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: HUG, SKOPIL and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Martha Lilia Lopez petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") decision determining that she is ineligible for cancellation of removal. We review the BIA's factual determinations, "including the determination of continuous presence," for substantial evidence. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 618 (9th Cir.2006). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1). We grant the petition for review.
The facts of this case are known to the parties. We do not repeat them.
The BIA's finding that the cancellation of Lopez's border crossing card broke her continuous presence in the United States is not supported by substantial evidence. An alien's continuous presence is not broken when she is refused admission into the country by immigration officials. Tapia v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 997, 1002 (9th Cir.2005). Instead, "the record must contain some evidence that the alien was informed of and accepted [the] terms " of a depar ture agreement. Ibarra-Flores, 439 F.3d at 619 (quoting Reyes-Vasquez v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 903, 908 (8th Cir.2005)). Here, the only evidence is Lopez's passport, in which an immigration officer wrote "22 C.F.R. § 41.122(h)(3)," and Lopez's testimony that she signed, without reading, an unidentified document when her border crossing card was canceled and she was denied entry. This evidence is not sufficient to lead a reasonable mind to conclude that Lopez was informed of and accepted the terms of a voluntary departure (or like) agreement.
PETITION GRANTED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.