Luis Perez-Camacho v. Merrick Garland

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUIS PEREZ-CAMACHO, No. 19-72063 Petitioner, Agency No. v. A038-974-117

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted March 11, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed August 1, 2022

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Kenneth K. Lee, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta PEREZ-CAMACHO V. GARLAND

SUMMARY*

Immigration

Denying in part and dismissing in part Luis Perez- Camacho’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the panel concluded that the BIA did not err in denying Perez-Camacho’s motion to reopen, which challenged his removal order on the ground that his underlying conviction was allegedly invalid.

In 2005, Perez-Camacho, a lawful permanent resident, was ordered removed based on a 1997 conviction. He then filed a motion to reopen, which was denied. In 2018, he filed a second motion to reopen, claiming that he was no longer removable as charged because a state…