Jong Kim v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 27 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JONG MIN KIM, No. 21-70432

Petitioner, Agency No. A200-311-565

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted June 13, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Jong Min Kim (“Kim”), a native and citizen of South Korea, seeks review of

a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial by an

immigration judge (“IJ”) of Kim’s motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under

U.S.C. § 1252. We “review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of

discretion,” Hernandez-Ortiz v. Garland, 32 F.4th 794, 800 (9th Cir. 2022), and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. “the BIA’s legal determinations de novo,” Velasquez-Rios v. Wilkinson, 988 F.3d

1081, 1085 (9th Cir. 2021).…