Valdez-Morales

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 2 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JESUS VALDEZ-MORALES, No. 23-1313 Agency No. Petitioner, A204-683-622 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted November 6, 2024** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: PAEZ, BERZON, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Jesus Valdez-Morales petitions for review of a decision by the Board of

Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of a decision by an

immigration judge (“IJ”) ordering him removed to Mexico. The IJ denied Valdez-

* 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). Morales’s application for cancellation of removal. On appeal to the BIA, he

requested that his case be administratively closed so that he could seek legal status

through his U.S.…