Meiling Zhang v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 6 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MEILING ZHANG, No. 20-70534

Petitioner, Agency No. A201-212-337

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 4, 2024** San Francisco, California

Before: GOULD, SUNG, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

Meiling Zhang is a native and citizen of China. Zhang petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of her appeal of an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her motion to reopen her in absentia removal

order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the BIA’s

* 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). dismissal of an appeal of an IJ’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of

discretion. See…