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Rojas-Galvez v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 15, 2015
623 F. App'x 511 (9th Cir. 2015)

Opinion

No. 13-73362

12-15-2015

OSCAR ROJAS-GALVEZ, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A070-563-284 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Department of Homeland Security Before: WALLACE, RAWLINSON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Oscar Rojas-Galvez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Department of Homeland Security's ("DHS") final administrative removal order finding Rojas-Galvez removable as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony, after conducting an expedited removal proceeding pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1228(b). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations. Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 2004). We deny the petition for review.

Rojas-Galvez does not challenge DHS's finding that he is removable for having been convicted of an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B).

Rojas-Galvez's due process claims fail, where the record indicates he was advised of his rights but refused to sign the Form I-851, Notice of Intent to Issue a Final Administrative Order, see Kohli v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1061, 1068 (9th Cir. 2007) (applying a presumption of regularity regarding the official acts of public officers), and where he is statutorily barred from adjustment of status, see 8 U.S.C. § 1228(b)(5) ("No alien described in this section [pertaining to the expedited removal of aliens convicted of aggravated felonies] shall be eligible for any relief from removal that the Attorney General may grant in the Attorney General's discretion."); 8 U.S.C.§ 1255(a) (adjustment of status is discretionary); see also Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Rojas-Galvez v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 15, 2015
623 F. App'x 511 (9th Cir. 2015)
Case details for

Rojas-Galvez v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:OSCAR ROJAS-GALVEZ, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Dec 15, 2015

Citations

623 F. App'x 511 (9th Cir. 2015)