Lara Moreno v. 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

MARIA VIRGINIA LARA MORENO, No. 23-1249 Agency No. Petitioner, A208-958-051 v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 5, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER, SANCHEZ, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Maria Virginia Lara Moreno is a citizen of Mexico. She petitions for review

of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to

reopen proceedings because of changed country conditions in Mexico. We review

* 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 BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, and we defer to the

BIA’s exercise of discretion “unless it acted arbitrarily, irrationally,…