Flores-Alvarez v. Garland

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: February 6, 2023
• Docket: 22-60137
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 22-60137 Document: 00516635969 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/06/2023

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

No. 22-60137 FILED Summary Calendar February 6, 2023 ____________ Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Rosa Estela Flores-Alvarez,

Petitioner,

versus

Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

Respondent. ______________________________

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Agency No. A205 955 082 ______________________________

Before Barksdale, Elrod, and Haynes, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam: * Rosa Estela Flores-Alvarez, a native and citizen of Mexico and represented by counsel, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissing her appeal from an order of the Immigration Judge denying her application for cancellation of removal.

_____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5. Case: 22-60137 Document: 00516635969 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/06/2023

No. 22-60137

Flores, however, fails to submit any properly briefed challenges to the order. E.g., Chambers v. Mukasey, 520 F.3d 445, 448 & n.1 (5th Cir. 2008) (explaining asserting issue in statement of issues without briefing contention is insufficient to preserve challenge); Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(8) (stating appellant’s brief must contain, inter alia, her “contentions and the reasons for them, with citations to the authorities and parts of the record on which the appellant relies”). DENIED.