Case Name: Jose Alfredo Garcia FLORES; Guadalupe Pedraza De Garcia, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-01-15
Citations: 85 F. App'x 646
Docket Number: No. 02-73277; Agency Nos. A75-477-419, A75-477-420
Parties: Jose Alfredo Garcia FLORES; Guadalupe Pedraza De Garcia, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before BEEZER, HALL and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 85
Pages: 646–647

Head Matter:
Jose Alfredo Garcia FLORES; Guadalupe Pedraza De Garcia, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-73277.
Agency Nos. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ], [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 12, 2004.
Decided Jan. 15, 2004.
Alejandro Garcia, City of Commerce, CA, for Petitioners.
Regional Counsel, Western Region, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Los Angeles District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, David V. Bernal, Attorney, Anthony P. Nicastro, Jacqueline Dryden, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before BEEZER, HALL and SILVERMAN, 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 Alfredo Garcia Flores and his wife Guadalupe Pedraza de Garcia, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") summarily affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of their application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo legal determinations regarding an alien's eligibility for cancellation of removal, Montero-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 277 F.3d 1137, 1145 (9th Cir. 2002), and we deny the petition for review.
Petitioners' contention that their administrative voluntary departure to Mexico in 1994 did not constitute a break in their continuous physical presence, as defined by section 240A(d)(2) of the INA, is foreclosed by this court's decision in Vasquez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 343 F.3d 961, 974 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam) (holding that an alien who elects to voluntarily depart to avoid removal proceedings does not continue to accrue "presence" in the United States).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.