Belkis Nolasco-Amaya v. Merrick Garland
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BELKIS MARISELA NOLASCO- No. 20-70187
AMAYA,
Petitioner, Agency No.
A098-488-798
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney OPINION General, Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 8, 2021* Pasadena, California
Filed September 28, 2021
Before: Susan P. Graber, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Graber; Dissent by Judge Callahan
* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). NOLASCO-AMAYA V. GARLAND
SUMMARY**
Immigration
Granting in part and dismissing in part Belkis Nolasco- Amaya’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary dismissal of her appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. §§ 1003.1(d)(2)(i)(A) and (E), and remanding, the panel held that given her status as a pro se litigant, Nolasco- Amaya’s Notice of Appeal was sufficiently specific to inform the Board of the issues challenged on appeal, and the Board therefore violated her right…