Richart Centeno-Sotelo v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 7 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RICHART CENTENO-SOTELO, No. 16-73958

Petitioner, BIA A200-806-639

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

Appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted November 19, 2021** San Francisco, California

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

Richart Centeno-Sotelo, a non-citizen, failed to appear at his removal

hearing and was ordered removed in absentia. He now petitions for review of the

* 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 Donald W. Molloy, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. 1 Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal of an

Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his motion to reopen the…