Adan Perez-Zazueta v. Jefferson Sessions

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 18, 2018
• Docket: 15-71952
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 18 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ADAN PEREZ-ZAZUETA, No. 15-71952

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-569-599

v. MEMORANDUM* JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted April 12, 2018** Pasadena, California

Before: BEA and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges, and BASTIAN,*** District Judge.

Adan Perez-Zazueta, a citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s

* 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 Stanley Allen Bastian, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, sitting by designation. (“IJ”) decision finding Perez-Zazueta ineligible for cancellation of removal under 8

U.S.C. § 1229b(1).

Reviewing de novo, Abdisalan v. Holder, 774 F.3d 517, 521 (9th Cir. 2014),

as amended (Jan. 6, 2015), we conclude that we lack jurisdiction over Perez-

Zazueta’s petition for review. Perez-Zazueta failed to file a petition for review with

this Court within 30 days of the IJ’s final order of removal, as is required under 8

U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1). On May 6, 2014, the BIA affirmed the IJ’s conclusion finding

Perez-Zazueta removable as charged and ineligible for cancellation of removal,

rendering the IJ’s removal order “final” for the purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1).

Ortiz-Alfaro v. Holder, 694 F.3d 955, 958 (9th Cir. 2012) (discussing 8 U.S.C.

§ 1101(a)(47)). Perez-Zazueta filed his petition for review on June 25, 2015, well

after the 30-day deadline had passed. Because Perez-Zazueta failed to adhere to the

30-day deadline for filing a petition for review, this Court lacks jurisdiction over

the present appeal. See Abdisalan, 774 F.3d at 521 (“This time limit [under 8

U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1)] is ‘mandatory and jurisdictional.’” (quoting Stone v. I.N.S.,

514 U.S. 386, 405 (1995))).

We find unconvincing Perez-Zazueta’s argument that his removal order did

not become final until the proceedings on remand were complete. The fact that the

BIA remanded to the IJ for the limited purpose of granting a new period of

voluntary departure does not alter the finality of the removal order. See Pinto v.

2 Holder, 648 F.3d 976, 980 (9th Cir. 2011) (“[T]he BIA’s decision denying asylum,

withholding of removal, and [Convention Against Torture] protection but

remanding to the IJ for voluntary departure proceedings is a final order of removal

. . . and, effectively, the only order that we can review.”); see also Singh v. Lynch,

835 F.3d 880, 883 (9th Cir. 2016) (per curiam) (same); Rizo v. Lynch, 810 F.3d

688, 691 (9th Cir. 2016) (same).

Because we lack jurisdiction over the present appeal, we do not reach the

merits of Perez-Zazueta’s argument that his convictions for indecent exposure

under Cal. Penal Code § 314(1) do not constitute crimes of moral turpitude.

PETITION DENIED.