Elia Adolfina Leyton-Arauz, Aka: Carmen Blandon Arauz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

51 F.3d 280 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Elia Adolfina LEYTON-ARAUZ, aka: Carmen Blandon Arauz, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70530. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 21, 1995. * Decided April 4, 1995. Before: SNEED, POOLE and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Elia Adolfina Leyton-Arauz, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal as untimely of her appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review. 3 The government contends that because Leyton-Arauz has failed to raise any issues regarding the BIA's dismissal in her opening brief, she has waived the right to challenge the BIA's decision. This contention has merit. 4 "It is well established in this Circuit that claims which are not addressed in the…