Olivares-Acevedo v. Bondi

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 20, 2025
• Docket: 24-1021
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 20 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANGEL OMAR OLIVARES-ACEVEDO, No. 24-1021 Agency No. Petitioner, A201-157-010 v. MEMORANDUM* PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 16, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and BENNETT and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Angel Omar Olivares-Acevedo, a native and citizen of Mexico,

petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing

his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. We have jurisdiction

* 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). under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review questions of law, including questions concerning

the agency’s jurisdiction, de novo. Hernandez v. Holder, 738 F.3d 1099, 1101 (9th

Cir. 2013). We deny the petition.

The government served Olivares-Acevedo with an initial notice to appear

that omitted the date and time of his hearing. Olivares-Acevedo’s initial notice

was later supplemented with various hearing notices that included the missing

information. Olivares-Acevedo contends that based on his incomplete notice to

appear, the agency lacked jurisdiction and statutory authority to act.

Olivares-Acevedo’s argument is foreclosed by our precedent. In

United States v. Bastide-Hernandez, 39 F.4th 1187, 1193 (9th Cir. 2022) (en banc),

cert denied, 143 S. Ct. 755 (2023), we held that an undated notice to appear that is

later supplemented by a notice of hearing does not deprive the agency of authority

to act. We also held that the omission of the date and time of the hearing on the

initial notice to appear does not divest the IJ of subject-matter jurisdiction. Id. The

BIA correctly came to this same conclusion. Therefore, Olivares-Acevedo’s sole

argument fails.

PETITION DENIED. 1

1 The stay of removal (Dkt. # 15) remains in place until the mandate issues.

2 24-1021