Abel Ordonez Mendoza v. Merrick Garland

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

AUG 11 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ABEL AMILCAR ORDONEZ No. 20-72722

MENDOZA,

Agency No. A073-916-751 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted August 9, 2022** Anchorage, Alaska

Before: S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Abel Amilcar Ordonez Mendoza petitions for review of the Board

of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting the decision of an Immigration

Judge (“IJ”) denying his motion to reopen an in absentia order of deportation. We

* 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). have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition. Because the

parties are familiar with the facts, we need not recount them here.

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