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Hernandez v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
May 22, 2015
No. 12-73787 (9th Cir. May. 22, 2015)

Opinion

No. 12-73787

05-22-2015

CARLOS ALFREDO HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A095-630-757 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: LEAVY, CALLAHAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Carlos Alfredo Hernandez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to consider Hernandez's contention that the BIA erred in declining to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir. 2011) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review the agency's sua sponte determinations).

Hernandez has not raised, and has therefore waived, any other challenges to the agency's grounds for denial of his motion to reopen and motion to remand. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013) (a petitioner waives a contention by failing to raise it in the opening brief).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.


Summaries of

Hernandez v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
May 22, 2015
No. 12-73787 (9th Cir. May. 22, 2015)
Case details for

Hernandez v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:CARLOS ALFREDO HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: May 22, 2015

Citations

No. 12-73787 (9th Cir. May. 22, 2015)