Martha Koegel v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioner Martha Octavia Koegel seeks review of the BIA’s order denying her application for adjustment of status on the basis that she is inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii) and granting her voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and now deny the petition for review.

In 1997, Koegel pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 1542 for falsely representing her place and date of birth on a United States passport application. The conviction for making a false statement does not establish she falsely represented her citizenship “for any purpose or…