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Valencia v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Feb 22, 2017
No. 15-73274 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2017)

Opinion

No. 15-73274

02-22-2017

MARICELA CASTILLO VALENCIA, AKA Maricela Alvarez, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A205-712-891 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Maricela Castillo Valencia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order affirming without opinion an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying a continuance and relief from removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to consider Castillo Valencia's unexhausted challenges to the IJ's denial of a continuance. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 931 (9th Cir. 2004) (the exhaustion requirement applies to streamlined cases).

To the extent Castillo Valencia contends that former counsel's failure to raise certain arguments to the IJ constituted ineffective assistance of counsel or that her convictions did not render her ineligible for relief, we also lack jurisdiction to consider those unexhausted contentions. Id.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.


Summaries of

Valencia v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Feb 22, 2017
No. 15-73274 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2017)
Case details for

Valencia v. Sessions

Case Details

Full title:MARICELA CASTILLO VALENCIA, AKA Maricela Alvarez, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Feb 22, 2017

Citations

No. 15-73274 (9th Cir. Feb. 22, 2017)