U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Lopez Reyes v. Holder

Lopez Reyes v. Holder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 7, 2011 · Canby, Fernandez, Smith
418 F. App'x 673

Lopez Reyes v. Holder

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jaime Federico Lopez Reyes, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) deportation order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion whether the BIA has failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its actions. Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

We reject Lopez Reyes’s contention that the BIA abused its discretion by failing to articulate its reasoning where the BIA adopted and affirmed the IJ’s oral decision pursuant to Matter of Burbano, 20 I. & N. Dec. 872 (BIA 1994), in addition to providing its own reasons for dismissing his appeal. See Abebe v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 1037, 1040 (9th Cir. 2005) (en banc) (holding that the BIA adopts the IJ’s entire decision when it cites Burbano and expresses no disagreement with the IJ’s decision).

We lack jurisdiction to review Lopez Reyes’s contentions regarding his asylum claim, his motion for a continuance, and his adjustment of status application because he failed to raise them before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004) (generally requiring exhaustion of claims before the agency).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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

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