Fuentes-Bautista
Fuentes-Bautista v. Bondi
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 8 2025
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
YUSLI CLARISA FUENTES- No. 24-1309 BAUTISTA; A.E. FUENTES-BAUTISTA, Agency Nos.
A220-297-488
Petitioners, A220-297-487 v.
MEMORANDUM*
PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted April 7, 2025 Pasadena, California
Before: CALLAHAN, DESAI, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN.
Yusli Fuentes-Bautista and her minor child (collectively, “petitioners”)
appeal the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to
reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failure
to file an opening brief before the BIA. Petitioners argue that the BIA abused its
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. discretion by demanding strict compliance with the requirements articulated in