Jose Hernandez-Farias v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 9 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE JUAN HERNANDEZ-FARIAS, No. 20-70488

Petitioner, Agency No. A206-100-771

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** San Francisco, California

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

Jose Juan Hernandez Farias is a native and citizen of Mexico. Hernandez

Farias petitions for review of the Board of Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his

appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his motion to reopen his in

absentia removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and “[w]e

* 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). review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion.” Bent v. Garland,

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