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Martinez v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 13, 2018
No. 16-70247 (9th Cir. Apr. 13, 2018)

Opinion

No. 16-70247

04-13-2018

ANTONIO RENE MARTINEZ, AKA Rene martinez, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A074-335-780 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SILVERMAN, PAEZ, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

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

Antonio Rene Martinez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Martinez's motion to reopen, where, despite the vacatur of one of his convictions, he did not establish prima facie eligibility for the relief sought. See id. (motion to reopen can be denied for failure to establish a prima facie case for the relief sought); 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(2)(A)(ii) (asylum is not available to aliens who have been convicted of a particularly serious crime); 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(B)(ii) (same for withholding of removal).

Although Martinez now contends that his conviction under California Penal Code § 245(a)(1) is not a particularly serious crime, we lack jurisdiction to review this unexhausted contention. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010) ("We lack jurisdiction to review legal claims not presented in an alien's administrative proceedings before the BIA.").

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.


Summaries of

Martinez v. Sessions

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 13, 2018
No. 16-70247 (9th Cir. Apr. 13, 2018)
Case details for

Martinez v. Sessions

Case Details

Full title:ANTONIO RENE MARTINEZ, AKA Rene martinez, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 13, 2018

Citations

No. 16-70247 (9th Cir. Apr. 13, 2018)