Mendoza-Rodriguez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 6 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTONIO MENDOZA-RODRIGUEZ, No. 23-1371 Agency No. Petitioner, A206-237-313 v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted February 4, 2026** Portland, Oregon

Before: BEA, CHRISTEN, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Antonio Mendoza-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of Mexico,

petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order dismissing

his appeal from an immigration judge’s (IJ) decision denying his application for

cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1).

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). We have jurisdiction to review the agency’s application of section

1229b(b)(1)(D)’s “exceptional and extremely unusual…