Nivardo Santiago-Sanchez v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 7 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NIVARDO SANTIAGO-SANCHEZ, No. 20-71905

Petitioner, Agency No. A216-073-834

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted September 2, 2021** Seattle, Washington

Before: McKEOWN and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF,*** District Judge.

Nivardo Santiago-Sanchez seeks review of the Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request

* 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). *** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. for a continuance. Except as to one of Santiago-Sanchez’s claims, we have

jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. §…