Ruiz

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTIAN RUIZ, No. 23-1095 Agency No. Petitioner,

A027-962-997

v.

OPINION

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Filed December 22, 2025

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Nguyen SUMMARY *

Immigration

The panel denied Christian Ruiz’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision upholding the denial of asylum on timeliness grounds, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture, and a motion for administrative closure. As an initial matter, the panel addressed its jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that Ruiz failed to establish extraordinary circumstances to qualify for an exception to the one-year asylum timeliness requirement under 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2). Although the Immigration and Nationality Act strips jurisdiction to review many of the Attorney General's discretionary decisions, 8…