Melkonyan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 28 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NERSES MELKONYAN, No. 23-2514 Agency No. Petitioner, A095-402-087 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted May 13, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: OWENS, BENNETT, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Nerses Melkonyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order denying his motion to

reopen to seek a waiver of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h). Petitioner

argues that: (1) as to the relief sought under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h)(1)(B), the BIA erred

in determining that Petitioner had to file the appropriate application for relief with

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. his motion under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); and (2) the BIA improperly ignored his

argument that he also…