U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004

Marroquin v. Ashcroft

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 20, 2004 · Canby, Kozinski, Paez

98 F. App'x 686

Counsel

Salvador Marroquin, Desert Hot Springs, CA, pro se., Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Daniel E. Goldman, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ***

Salvador Marroquin, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for a review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily dismissing his appeal from an Im*687migration Judge’s (“U”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). See Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir. 1997). We review a summary dismissal to determine whether it is appropriate, Casas-Chavez v. INS, 300 F.3d 1088, 1089 (9th Cir. 2002), and we deny the petition.

Marroquin’s appeal was appropriately dismissed for failure to file a brief because the contentions contained in his notice of appeal did not specify whether he was challenging the IJ’s interpretations of facts or applications of legal standards, and did not contain citations to supporting authority. See id. at 1091.

Marroquin’s remaining contentions lack merit.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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