Vargas-Tapia

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 13 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PAZ CARLOS VARGAS-TAPIA, No. 23-1264 Agency No. Petitioner, A077-205-430 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 7, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: PARKER***, HURWITZ, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Paz Carlos Vargas-Tapia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review

of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the decision

* 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). *** The Honorable Barrington D. Parker, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, sitting by designation. of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying Vargas-Tapia’s untimely motion to reopen

his removal proceedings.…