Corona Rivera v. Holder

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 21 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LUCIA CORONA RIVERA, No. 07-70347
Petitioner, Agency No. A095-310-966
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted January 11, 2010 **
Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Lucia Corona Rivera, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without
oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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immigration judge’s order denying her application for cancellation of removal. We
have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny the petition for review.
Corona Rivera waived any challenge to the agency’s decision pretermitting
her cancellation of removal application on physical presence and statutory
eligibility grounds by failing to raise these issues in her opening brief. See
Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not
specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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