FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 19 2010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
EUN JU JEGAL-KIM, No. 07-72819
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-266-278
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 5, 2010 **
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Eun Ju Jegal-Kim, a native and citizen of South Korea, petitions 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 concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We deny the petition for review.
The agency properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider
Jegal-Kim’s application for a U Visa. See Ramirez Sanchez v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d
1254, 1255-56 (9th Cir. 2007) (per curiam) (United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services has sole jurisdiction over the issuance of U Visa petitions);
see also Lee v. Holder, Nos. 07-71193 & 07-71916, 2010 WL 1131452 (9th Cir.
Mar. 25, 2010) (per curiam).
Jegal-Kim’s remaining contention is not persuasive.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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