U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2017

Maricela Castillo Valencia v. Jefferson Sessions

Maricela Castillo Valencia v. Jefferson Sessions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided February 22, 2017 · Farris, Fernandez, Goodwin
677 F. App'x 450

Maricela Castillo Valencia v. Jefferson Sessions

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Maricela Castillo Valencia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying a continuance and relief from removal. We dismiss the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to consider Castillo Valencia’s unexhausted challenges to the IJ’s denial of a continuance. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 931 (9th Cir. 2004) (the exhaustion requirement applies to streamlined cases).

To the extent Castillo Valencia contends that former counsel’s failure to raise certain arguments to the IJ constituted ineffective assistance of counsel or that her convictions did not render her ineligible for relief, we also lack jurisdiction to consider those unexhausted contentions. Id.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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

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