Bermeo-Herrera v. Garland

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: July 1, 2022
• Docket: 21-60174
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 21-60174 Document: 00516380027 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/01/2022

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

FILED No. 21-60174 July 1, 2022 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk

Segundo Emiliano Bermeo-Herrera,

Petitioner,

versus

Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

Respondent.

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Agency No. A205 294 319

Before King, Costa, and Ho, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* Segundo Emiliano Bermeo-Herrera, a native and citizen of Ecuador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA) decision dismissing his appeal from the order of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying his motion to reopen sua sponte. He argues that the BIA and IJ failed to give

* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 21-60174 Document: 00516380027 Page: 2 Date Filed: 07/01/2022

No. 21-60174

proper consideration to his status as a special immigrant juvenile and that they thereby violated his due process rights. We lack jurisdiction to review the denial of a motion to reopen sua sponte. Gonzales-Cantu v. Sessions, 866 F.3d 302, 306 & n.6 (5th Cir. 2017). Although we have jurisdiction to consider the due process argument, “no liberty interest exists in a motion to reopen,” and the argument is, therefore, not cognizable. Mejia v. Whitaker, 913 F.3d 482, 490 (5th Cir. 2019). Accordingly, the petition is DENIED IN PART AND DISMISSED IN PART.