Wan Lin v. Merrick Garland

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 24, 2023
• Docket: 19-71623
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 24 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WAN PING LIN, AKA Wen-Bin Lin, No. 19-71623

Petitioner, Agency No. A072-968-966

v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 17, 2023**

Before: CLIFTON, R. NELSON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Wan Ping Lin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen

exclusion proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review

for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597

* 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). F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

Lin’s contention that the agency lacked jurisdiction over his proceedings

under Pereira v. Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018), fails. See 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a)

(1988) (information regarding conduct of exclusion proceedings, referring to

regulations); 8 C.F.R. § 1240.30 (“An exclusion proceeding is commenced by the

filing of Form I-122 with the Immigration Court, and an alien is considered to be

in exclusion proceedings only upon such filing.”); see also Matter of J-L-L-, 28 I.

& N. Dec. 684, 685 (BIA 2023) (“Neither [governing] statute, nor applicable

implementing regulations at the time, required that a Form I-122 include the time

and place of the initial hearing.”); United States v. Bastide-Hernandez, 39 F.4th

1187, 1188, 1193 (9th Cir. 2022) (en banc) (lack of hearing information in notice

to appear does not deprive immigration court of subject matter jurisdiction).

Because Lin does not challenge the BIA’s alternative denial of his motion to

reopen as a matter of discretion, this issue is waived and provides an alternative

basis for denying the petition. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-

80 (9th Cir. 2013).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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