Case Name: Moroni Enrique AGUILAR-SCHUMANN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-10
Citations: 259 F. App'x 19
Docket Number: No. 06-74207
Parties: Moroni Enrique AGUILAR-SCHUMANN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 259
Pages: 19–20

Head Matter:
Moroni Enrique AGUILAR-SCHUMANN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-74207.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 3, 2007 .
Filed Dec. 10, 2007.
James R. Patterson, Law Office of Lilia S. Velasquez, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Christopher C. Fuller, John D. Williams, Esq., DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, CAS-Distriet, I & NS, San Diego, CA, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Moroni Enrique Aguilar-Schumann, a native and citizen of Panama and lawful permanent resident of the United States, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his motion to terminate proceedings and finding him removable because he participated in alien smuggling. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law. Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
Contrary to Aguilar-Schumann's contention, the BIA properly determined that his actions constitute alien smuggling as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(E)©. According to the 1-213, Aguilar-Schumann stated that he knew his uncle lacked legal documentation to enter the United States, yet attempted to drive him across the border. Thus, Aguilar-Schumann "provided some form of affirmative assistance to the illegally entering alien." Altamirano, 427 F.3d at 592.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.