Lopez-Garcia

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

OCT 29 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA GUADALUPE LOPEZ-GARCIA, No. 23-2757 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-577-994 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted October 25, 2024** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: M. SMITH, BADE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant Maria Guadalupe Lopez-Garcia, a native and citizen of

Mexico, was ordered removed for being present in the United States without being

admitted or paroled. A year after her removal proceedings became final, Lopez-

* 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). Garcia moved to reopen. She had filed an application for a U-visa in the interim,

and she sought administrative closure of her removal proceedings during the

pendency of her visa…