Miliam Borjas-Borjas v. Merrick Garland

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Miliam Borjas-Borjas v. Merrick Garland

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 22 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MILIAM MARGARITA BORJAS- No. 20-16957 BORJAS, D.C. No. Petitioner-Appellant, 4:20-cv-00417-RM-LCK

v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States; COREY PRICE, in his official capacity as Interim Phoenix Field Office Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Rosemary Márquez, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 16, 2021**

Before: GRABER, R. NELSON, and HUNSAKER, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Miliam Margarita Borjas-Borjas appeals the district court’s order dismissing

her petition for a writ of habeas corpus and complaint for injunctive and

declaratory relief. Because the appeal has become moot, we dismiss it for lack of

jurisdiction. See Gator.com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc., 398 F.3d 1125, 1128-29 (9th

Cir. 2005) (en banc).

Borjas-Borjas’s contentions raised in this appeal all challenge the prospect

of her removal prior to the adjudication of a motion to reopen filed with the Board

of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) on February 4, 2020. On February 3, 2021, the

court issued an order notifying Borjas-Borjas that publicly available information

indicated the BIA denied the motion to reopen on December 8, 2020, and required

Borjas-Borjas to explain why this appeal should not be dismissed as moot. Borjas-

Borjas’s response to the court’s order (Docket Entry No. 16) informed the court

that she has not filed an appeal or petition for review of the BIA’s denial of her

motion to reopen. Because the BIA has adjudicated the motion to reopen, Borjas-

Borjas’s appeal is moot. Accordingly, we dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. See

Public Utilities Comm’n v. FERC, 100 F.3d 1451, 1458 (9th Cir. 1996) (case no

longer presenting a live controversy is moot and must be dismissed for lack of

jurisdiction).

2 20-16957 Borjas-Borjas’s request for oral argument, raised in her opening brief, is

denied as moot.

DISMISSED.

3 20-16957

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