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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                        FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       AUG 26 2019
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALEJANDRO BRITO-OSORIO,                         No.    18-72314

                Petitioner,                     Agency No. A205-054-231

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,

                Respondent.

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

                              Submitted August 19, 2019**

Before:      SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      Alejandro Brito-Osorio, 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 cancellation of removal. We have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the

agency’s factual findings, and review de novo questions of law. Najmabadi v.

      *
             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).
Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

      Substantial evidence supports the determination that Brito-Osorio failed to

establish ten years of continuous physical presence for cancellation of removal,

where the record includes a signed Form I-826 indicating that he accepted

administrative voluntary departure in lieu of removal proceedings in 2011. See 8

U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(A); Vasquez-Lopez v. Ashcroft, 343 F.3d 961, 974 (9th Cir.

2003) (alien’s acceptance of administrative voluntary departure interrupts the

accrual of continuous physical presence); Serrano Gutierrez v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d

1114, 1117-18 (9th Cir. 2008) (requiring some evidence that alien was informed of

and accepted the terms of the voluntary departure agreement). Neither Brito-

Osorio’s testimony nor his counsel’s speculation about the immigration officer’s

oral translation of the Form I-826 compel a contrary conclusion. See Kohli v.

Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1068 (9th Cir. 2007) (“In the absence of clear evidence

to the contrary, courts presume that public officers properly discharge their

duties[.]”); cf. Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 619-20 (9th Cir. 2006)

(insufficient evidence that alien knowingly and voluntarily accepted voluntary

departure where record did not contain the voluntary departure form and alien’s

testimony suggested that he accepted return due to misrepresentations by

immigration authorities).

      Brito-Osorio’s due process claim therefore fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d

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1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due

process challenge).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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