Kaysha Richardson v. Attorney General

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: June 1, 2021
• Docket: 21-15402
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 1 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KAYSHA DERY RICHARDSON, No. 21-15402

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-02218-JAD-DJA v.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, United States; et MEMORANDUM* al.,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 18, 2021**

Before: CANBY, FRIEDLAND, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Kaysha Dery Richardson appeals pro se from the district court’s order

dismissing her 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We review de novo, Zavala v. Ives, 785 F.3d

367, 370 (9th Cir. 2015), and we affirm.

* 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 district court did not err in dismissing without prejudice Richardson’s

habeas petition, where she failed to exhaust administrative remedies concerning

her detention, see Leonardo v. Crawford, 646 F.3d 1157, 1160 (9th Cir. 2011)

(dismissal without prejudice is proper where petitioner fails to exhaust

administrative remedies), and the court lacked jurisdiction to review her removal

order or claims for relief from removal, see Alvarez-Barajas v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d

1050, 1052 (9th Cir. 2005) (REAL ID Act “eliminated habeas jurisdiction,

including jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, over final orders of deportation,

exclusion, or removal”); see also 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5) (notwithstanding § 2241 or

any other habeas provision, “a petition for review filed with an appropriate court of

appeals … shall be the sole and exclusive means for judicial review of an order of

removal”).

To the extent Richardson, in her opening brief, raises a request for a bond

hearing, the request is denied. See Leonardo, 646 F.3d at 1160 (eligible detainees

may seek a bond hearing from an immigration judge, appeal to the Board of

Immigration Appeals, and then seek review of the determination by filing a habeas

corpus petition in district court).

We lack jurisdiction to consider any challenge to Richardson’s removability,

including any re-entry bans, because Richardson has not petitioned for review of

any agency decision. See Singh v. Lynch, 835 F.3d 880, 882 (9th Cir. 2016) (no

2 21-15402 jurisdiction to review a deportation decision where petitioner failed to timely

petition for review of a final order of removal).

Richardson’s request for judicial notice, raised in her opening brief, is

granted. See Dent v. Holder, 627 F.3d 365, 371 (9th Cir. 2010) (courts may take

“judicial notice of the agency’s own records.”).

AFFIRMED.

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