FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 19 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TAYRON YOUDICES FIGUEROA- No. 07-70513
MEZQUITA,
Agency No. A095-123-140
Petitioner,
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.
Tayron Youdices Figueroa-Mezquita, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order
dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his
*
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).
application asylum and withholding of removal. We dismiss the petition for
review.
Figueroa-Mezquita failed to challenge the IJ’s denial of asylum and
withholding of removal before the BIA. Therefore, these issues are not exhausted,
and we lack jurisdiction to review them. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674,
676–77 (9th Cir. 2004) (holding that a petitioner’s failure to raise an issue to the
BIA generally constitutes a failure to exhaust, thus depriving this court of
jurisdiction to consider the issue).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
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