Acosta-Ochoa

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUN 13 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HECTOR ACOSTA-OCHOA, No. 22-1464

Petitioner, Agency No. A095-795-786

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Submitted June 11, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: TASHIMA, CHRISTEN, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Hector Acosta-Ochoa seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals

(“BIA”) decision denying his motion to reopen proceedings. We have jurisdiction

under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

* 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). In reviewing denials of motions to reopen, this court applies the deferential

abuse of discretion standard. INS v. Abudu, 485 U.S. 94, 107 (1988). Motions to

reopen are “disfavored in deportation proceedings” because “[t]here…