Hector Oliva-Alfaro v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 20 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HECTOR OLIVA-ALFARO, No. 15-71758

Petitioner, Agency No. A029-129-176

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted May 17, 2022**

Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Hector Oliva-Alfaro, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen

proceedings and declining to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen.

Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. See Garcia v. Lynch, 798

* 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). F.3d 876, 880 (9th Cir. 2015). We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a

motion to reopen.…