Oscar Sanchez-Ordaz v. William Barr

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: March 11, 2020
• Docket: 16-70147
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 11 2020 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OSCAR SANCHEZ-ORDAZ, No. 16-70147

Petitioner, Agency No. A095-736-873

v. MEMORANDUM* WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted March 3, 2020**

Before: SILVERMAN, CHRISTEN, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Oscar Sanchez-Ordaz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming without opinion an

immigration judge’s decision denying cancellation of removal. We dismiss the

petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to consider Sanchez-Ordaz’s sole, unexhausted

* 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). contention that his conviction would be eligible for Federal First Offender Act

treatment. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 931 (9th Cir. 2004) (“the

exhaustion requirement applies to ‘streamlined’ cases”); Garcia-Cortez v.

Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 749, 753 (9th Cir. 2004) (“The Notice of Appeal is sufficiently

specific if the alien explains in a short and plain statement exactly how and why

the IJ erred. . . . [C]onclusory or generalized statements that the IJ abused his

discretion or wrongfully ordered the alien’s removal fail to meet the specificity

requirement, because they do not meaningfully direct the BIA in its review.”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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