Pascual Aguilar-Escobar v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 23 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PASCUAL AGUILAR-ESCOBAR, AKA No. 20-72313 Pascual Agular Escobar, Agency No. A215-644-125 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Before: W. FLETCHER, BERZON, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges. Concurrence by Judge R. NELSON.

Petitioner Pascual Aguilar-Escobar, a citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of

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

Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his motion to reopen proceedings and rescind

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. his in absentia removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and

we grant the petition for review.

We review the “denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion.”

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