Wendy Mejia-Pena v. Merrick Garland

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 23, 2023
• Docket: 17-73372
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 23 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WENDY CAROLINA MEJIA-PENA, No. 17-73372

Petitioner, Agency No. A202-085-734

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

Respondent.

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

Submitted January 18, 2023**

Before: GRABER, PAEZ, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Wendy Carolina Mejia-Pena, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions

pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her

motion to reissue its prior decision. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252. We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

* 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). In her opening brief Mejia-Pena does not challenge, and therefore waives,

the BIA’s denial of her motion to reissue its prior decision. See Lopez-Vasquez v.

Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and

argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). Thus, we deny the petition for

review as to her motion to reissue.

We lack jurisdiction to consider Mejia-Pena’s contentions as to the merits of

her asylum application and related relief because she did not timely petition for

review the BIA’s order denying that relief. See Singh v. Lynch, 835 F.3d 880, 882

(9th Cir. 2016) (“A petition for review must be filed not later than 30 days after the

date of the final order of removal. . . . This deadline is mandatory and

jurisdictional.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)).

The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

PETITON FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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