FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 03 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANDRANIK KHANJARYAN, No. 06-72939
Petitioner, Agency No. A079-578-025
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted September 23, 2014**
Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Andranik Khanjaryan, a native of the former U.S.S.R. and a citizen of
Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order
dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his motion to
reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to
reopen, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny
the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying Khanjaryan’s motion to
reopen where Khanjaryan did not offer any grounds for rescission of his in absentia
order of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(C); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(ii).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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