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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                        FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        OCT 3 2017
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRANCISCO MANUEL OLVERA-                        No.    15-73129
BARBOSA,
                                                Agency No. A092-555-036
                Petitioner,

 v.                                             MEMORANDUM*

JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,

                Respondent.

                     On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                         Board of Immigration Appeals

                          Submitted September 26, 2017**

Before:      SILVERMAN, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

      Francisco Manuel Olvera-Barbosa, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from

an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his motion to suppress evidence

and terminate removal proceedings and ordering him removed. Our jurisdiction is

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo the denial of a motion to

suppress and claims of constitutional violations. Martinez-Medina v. Holder, 673

F.3d 1029, 1033 (9th Cir. 2011). We review for substantial evidence the agency’s

factual findings. Aguilar Gonzalez v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 1204, 1208 (9th Cir.

2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

          To the extent Olvera-Barbosa contends the agency erred by holding the

Department of Homeland Security to an incorrect burden of proof, this contention

lacks merit. See Mondaca-Vega v. Lynch, 808 F.3d 413, 420 (9th Cir. 2015)

(holding that the phrase “clear, unequivocal, and convincing” does not signify a

higher burden of proof than “clear and convincing”).

          The agency did not err by admitting into evidence the Form I-213, Record of

Deportable/Inadmissible Alien, where Olvera-Barbosa did not show it contained

inaccurate information or was otherwise unreliable. See Espinoza v. INS, 45 F.3d

308, 310 (9th Cir. 1995) (information on an authenticated immigration form is

presumed to be reliable in the absence of evidence to the contrary presented by the

alien).

          Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Olvera-Barbosa is

removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(E)(i), where he knowingly assisted another

alien in seeking entry into the United States in violation of the law. See Sanchez v.

Holder, 704 F.3d 1107, 1110 (9th Cir. 2012) (knowingly participating in and

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aiding the attempted illegal entry is an affirmative act constituting alien

smuggling); cf. Aguilar Gonzalez 534 F.3d at 1209 (no affirmative act of alien

smuggling where petitioner did not provide her daughter’s birth certificate for use

by another to enter the United States, but merely acquiesced to its use).

      We lack jurisdiction to consider Olvera-Barbosa’s unexhausted contention

that the IJ failed to conduct a full and complete credibility analysis. See Tijani v.

Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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