Julio Ortiz Mendoza v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 8 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JULIO ORTIZ MENDOZA, No. 20-70710

Petitioner, Agency No. A028-534-455

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted July 6, 2022** Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges, and SEEBORG,*** District Judge.

Julio Ortiz Mendoza petitions for review from a Board of Immigration

Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying his motion to reopen. We review the denial of

* 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 Seeborg, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983,

986 (9th Cir.…