Jose Ruiz-Quiroz v. Loretta E. Lynch

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 01 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOSE EMILIO RUIZ-QUIROZ, No. 14-70270 Petitioner, Agency No. A090-811-286 v. MEMORANDUM* LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted February 24, 2016** Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. Jose Emilio Ruiz-Quiroz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his request for an abeyance of his appeal and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s order of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review * 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). de novo claims of due process violations, Vilchez v. Holder, 682 F.3d 1195, 1198 (9th Cir. 2012), and we deny the petition for review. The BIA did not violate due process in denying Ruiz-Quiroz’ request to hold his appeal in abeyance, where the request was not sufficiently supported and the BIA provided reasoned grounds for denial. In addition, the denial did not prevent Ruiz-Quiroz from presenting his ineffective assistance claim in a motion to reopen. See id. at 1199 (the court will reverse the BIA’s decision on due process grounds if the proceeding was “so fundamentally unfair that the alien was prevented from reasonably presenting his case”); She v. Holder, 629 F.3d 958, 963 (9th Cir. 2010) (“Due process and this court’s precedent require a minimum degree of clarity in dispositive reasoning and in the treatment of a properly raised argument.”). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 14-70270