Pramesh Maharaj v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 24 2013

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PRAMESH K. C. MAHARAJ, No. 12-71006

Petitioner, Agency No. A073-123-391

v. MEMORANDUM*

ERIC HOLDER,

Respondent,

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

Argued and Submitted September 11, 2013 San Francisco, California

Before: SCHROEDER and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and BEISTLINE, ** Chief District Judge.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a). We review de novo the

BIA’s and IJ’s determinations of purely legal questions, and we review their

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Honorable Ralph R. Beistline, United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation. factual findings for substantial evidence. Ali v. Holder, 637 F.3d 1025, 1028-

(9th Cir. 2011). Accordingly, we decide whether to grant or deny the petition for

review based on the…