JUAN REYES-PEREZ V. ERIC H. HOLDER JR., No. 08-72523 (9th Cir. 2012)
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FILED DEC 26 2012 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUAN REYES PEREZ, Petitioner, No. 08-72523 Agency No. A077-349-260 v. ORDER AND MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted December 5, 2012 Pasadena, California Before: WARDLAW, BEA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges. Juan Reyes Perez, 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 ordering him removed for alien smuggling. See 8 U.S.C. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. § 1182(a)(6)(E)(i). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.1 Assuming that Reyes s testimony was credible, immigration officers threats that Reyes would be deported or imprisoned if he did not admit the charges were coercive, and his inculpatory statements should have been excluded. Bong Youn Choy v. Barber, 279 F.2d 642, 647 (9th Cir. 1960) (suppressing as involuntary an alien s statement obtained by the government by inducing fear through official threats of prosecution ). Nevertheless, substantial evidence supports the agency's alternative holding that Reyes is removable due to alien smuggling even excluding his coerced statements. The record reflects that, when immigration officers asked for identification for Reyes s undocumented niece at primary inspection, Reyes gave the immigration officer his daughter s birth certificate, in an attempt to provide the identification necessary to allow the niece to cross the border. This affirmative act is sufficient to establish the elements of Reyes s smuggling charge. See 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(E)(i); Aguilar Gonzalez v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 1204, 1208-09 (9th Cir. 2008). PETITION DENIED. 1 We grant Reyes s motion to file a substitute brief. The substitute brief received on December 3, 2012 is deemed filed. 2
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