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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JAN 16 2013

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SOCHEATA CHAING,                                 No. 11-73414

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A095-195-547

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted January 15, 2013**

Before:        SILVERMAN, BEA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

       Socheata Chaing, a native and citizen of Cambodia, petitions pro se for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal

from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for adjustment

of status and finding that she had filed a frivolous asylum application. Our

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence

the agency’s findings of fact and review de novo questions of law. Mohammed v.

Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in

part the petition for review.

      The agency properly determined that Chaing is inadmissible to the United

States because she willfully misrepresented that she was a member of the

Cambodian Freedom Fighters in her asylum application and before the asylum

officer to obtain an immigration benefit. See 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(C)(i).

      We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary decision to deny

Chaing’s application for a waiver under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(i). See 8 U.S.C.

1252(a)(2)(B)(i); see also Corona-Mendez v. Holder, 593 F.3d 1143, 1146 (9th

Cir. 2010) (no court has jurisdiction to review any discretionary judgment

regarding waivers under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(i), unless review of the petition involves

constitutional claims or questions of law).

      Finally, the record does not compel reversal of the IJ’s determination that

Chaing filed a frivolous asylum application because: (1) contrary to Chaing’s

contention, she received notice of the consequences of filing a frivolous

application; (2) the IJ made specific findings that Chiang knowingly filed a

frivolous application; (3) the IJ’s frivolous findings were supported by a

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preponderance of the evidence; and (4) Chaing was given sufficient opportunity to

explain. See Ahir v. Mukasey, 527 F.3d 912, 917-19 (9th Cir. 2008); see also

Cheema v. Holder, 693 F.3d 1045, 1048-50 (9th Cir. 2012) (asylum application’s

written warning adequately notifies the applicant of the consequences of filing a

frivolous application).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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