Cleofas Espinosa Malabar v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 20 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CLEOFAS ESPINOSA MALABAR, No. 20-71952

Petitioner, Agency No. A208-732-471

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted December 18, 2024** San Francisco, California

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

Cleofas Espinosa Malabar, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se

for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her

appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her motion to reopen

removal proceedings. The IJ ordered Petitioner removed in absentia after she

* 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). failed to appear for a removal hearing on June 20, 2018. Petitioner contends she

did…