Nicholas Rocha v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUN 22 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

NICHOLAS VARGAS ROCHA, No. 18-72469

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-248-267

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 15, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT,*** District Judge.

* 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 Richard D. Bennett, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. Petitioner Nicholas Vargas Rocha (Rocha), a native and citizen of Mexico,

petitions for review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)

denying Rocha’s motion to reopen to pursue adjustment of status and asylum.

Rocha concedes that his motion to reopen is untimely, but…