Eva Jimenez-Sandoval v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EVA ANGELINA JIMENEZ- No. 19-73193

SANDOVAL,

Petitioner, Agency No.

A072-991-558

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney OPINION General, Respondent.

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

Submitted September 2, 2021* San Francisco, California

Filed January 13, 2022

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Kathleen Cardone,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). ** The Honorable Kathleen Cardone, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, sitting by designation. JIMENEZ-SANDOVAL V. GARLAND

SUMMARY***

Immigration

Denying Eva Jimenez-Sandoval’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals that denied her motion to reopen an in absentia deportation order, the panel rejected Jimenez-Sandoval’s contention that, because she was actually a minor when she was released on her own recognizance without notice of…