Manuel Sanchez-Mendoza v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 13 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MANUEL SANCHEZ-MENDOZA, No. 15-73387

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-245-305

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted April 7, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and GRABER and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner, Manuel Sanchez-Mendoza, petitions for review of the Board of

Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his claim for withholding of removal.

“We determine our own jurisdiction de novo.” Ruiz-Morales v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d

1219, 1221 (9th Cir. 2004) (citation omitted). “A petitioner’s failure to raise an issue

* 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). before the BIA generally constitutes a failure to exhaust,…