Brambila v. Bondi

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 23 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FILOMENA BRAMBILA, No. 22-517 Agency No. Petitioner, A087-887-791 v. MEMORANDUM* PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 21, 2025**

Before: SILVERMAN, LEE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Filomena Brambila, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal

from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her application for

cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review

* 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). de novo claims of due process violations. Olea-Serefina v. Garland, 34 F.4th 856,

866 (9th Cir. 2022). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Brambila does not challenge the agency’s determination that she did not

establish the requisite hardship for cancellation of removal, so we do not address

it. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013).

The BIA did not violate due process by adopting portions of the IJ’s

reasoning. See Aguilar-Ramos v. Holder, 594 F.3d 701, 704 (9th Cir. 2010)

(“Where, as here, the BIA incorporates parts of the IJ’s reasoning as its own, we

treat the incorporated parts as the BIA’s.”).

Brambila’s contention that the IJ failed to advise her of potential eligibility

for relief is not properly before the court because she did not raise it before the

BIA. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1) (administrative remedies must be exhausted); see

also Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, 598 U.S. 411, 417-19 (2023) (section 1252(d)(1)

is not jurisdictional).

We lack jurisdiction to consider Brambila’s request regarding prosecutorial

discretion. Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir. 2012).

The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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