Juan Ruiz-Colmenares v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUAN RUIZ-COLMENARES, No. 20-72672 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A075-177-403

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.

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

Submitted October 21, 2021 * Pasadena, California

Filed February 9, 2022

Before: Ryan D. Nelson and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Karen E. Schreier, ** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge VanDyke

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). ** The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation. RUIZ-COLMENARES V. GARLAND

SUMMARY ***

Immigration

Denying Juan Ruiz-Colmenares’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel held that (1) it lacked jurisdiction to consider Ruiz- Colmenares’s unexhausted challenge to his hearing notice; and (2) the agency’s adverse credibility determination was supported by…