Vavrik v. Garland
Vavrik v. Garland
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 16 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARCELO EMERSON No. 22-941 VAVRIK; ANDREIA VAVRIK, Agency Nos. A210-018-051 Petitioners, A210-018-052
v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 12, 2023** San Francisco, California
Before: FRIEDLAND and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT***, District Judge.
Petitioners Marcelo Emerson Vavrik and Andreia Vavrik are natives and
* 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). *** The Honorable Richard D. Bennett, United States District Judge of Maryland, sitting by designation. citizens of Brazil.1 They petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals
(“BIA”) order dismissing their applications for cancellation of removal and
asylum and Marcelo’s application for withholding of removal and protection
under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).2 Because we lack jurisdiction
pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1), we dismiss the petition for review.
Petitioners’ opening brief makes two arguments, both of which relate to
the denial of their application for cancellation of removal. First, Petitioners
argue that the IJ erred by continuing their July 11, 2014 hearing. Second,
Petitioners argue that the IJ erred in relying on their criminal histories from the
California Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (“CLETS”) when
denying their applications for cancellation of removal.3
But Petitioners did not make these arguments before the IJ or BIA. “A
petitioner's failure to raise an issue before the BIA generally constitutes a failure
to exhaust, thus depriving this court of jurisdiction to consider the issue.” Sola
v. Holder, 720 F.3d 1134, 1135 (9th Cir. 2013) (citation omitted); 8 U.S.C. § 1252
1 The petitioners are married. To avoid confusion, we refer to them by their first names. 2 Both petitioners filed separate applications for cancelation of removal. Marcelo applied for asylum and listed Andreia as a derivative beneficiary. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(3); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.3(a). Andreia did not file an application for withholding of removal or protection under the CAT. 3 As part of this argument, Petitioners allege that federal agencies acted in violation of California law in accessing the CLETS information. 2 has exhausted all administrative remedies available to the alien as of right.”).
Therefore, these arguments are unexhausted, and we lack jurisdiction to
consider them.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
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