Alejandro Antoni Castillo-Zela v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Alejandro Antoni Castillo-Zela v. Eric H. Holder Jr., 397 F. App'x 418 (9th Cir. 2010)

Alejandro Antoni Castillo-Zela v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Alejandro Antoni Castillo-Zelaya, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review Castillo-Zelaya’s contentions related to his ineffective assistance of counsel claim and whether his two controlled substance convictions render him ineligible for immigration relief because he did not raise them before the BIA, and therefore failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 930-31 (9th Cir. 2004) (“A petitioner cannot satisfy the exhaustion requirement by making a general challenge to the IJ’s decision, but, rather, must specify which issues form the basis of the appeal.”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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

Reference

Full Case Name
Alejandro Antoni CASTILLO-ZELAYA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished