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Visser v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jan 27, 2016
633 F. App'x 387 (9th Cir. 2016)

Opinion

No. 14-70406

01-27-2016

SHAYNE VISSER, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A200-884-383 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

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

Shayne Visser, a native and citizen of South Africa, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Visser's motion to reopen because he failed to establish a prima facie case for the relief sought. See id. (court defers to the BIA's exercise of discretion unless it acted 'arbitrarily, irrationally, or contrary to law').

We lack jurisdiction to consider Visser's contentions challenging the BIA's June 17, 2013, order denying his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture because Visser did not petition for review of that order. See Membreno v. Gonzales, 425 F.3d 1227, 1229 (9th Cir. 2005).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.


Summaries of

Visser v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jan 27, 2016
633 F. App'x 387 (9th Cir. 2016)
Case details for

Visser v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:SHAYNE VISSER, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jan 27, 2016

Citations

633 F. App'x 387 (9th Cir. 2016)

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