Iqbal v. Holder

10-5152-ag Iqbal v. Holder BIA Schoppert, IJ A096 427 064 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. 1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals 2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan 3 United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of 4 New York, on the 1st day of December, two thousand eleven. 5 6 PRESENT: 7 JON O. NEWMAN, 8 ROBERT A. KATZMANN, 9 DENNY CHIN, 10 Circuit Judges. 11 _______________________________________ 12 13 ANDY IQBAL, 14 Petitioner, 15 16 v. 10-5152-ag 17 NAC 18 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES 19 ATTORNEY GENERAL, 20 Respondent. 21 _______________________________________ 22 23 FOR PETITIONER: H. Raymond Fasano, New York, New 24 York. 25 26 FOR RESPONDENT: Tony West, Assistant Attorney 27 General; Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., 28 Assistant Director; Jeffery R. 29 Leist, Attorney, Office of 1 Immigration Litigation, United 2 States Department of Justice, 3 Washington, D.C. 4 5 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a 6 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby 7 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review 8 is DENIED. 9 Andy Iqbal, a native and citizen of Indonesia, seeks 10 review of a November 26, 2010, order of the BIA affirming 11 the July 6, 2009, decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) 12 Douglas Schoppert, which denied his applications for asylum, 13 withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention 14 Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Andy Iqbal, No. A096 427 064 15 (B.I.A. Nov. 26, 2010), aff’g No. A096 427 064 (Immig. Ct. 16 N.Y. City July 6, 2009). We assume the parties’ familiarity 17 with the underlying facts and procedural history in this 18 case. 19 As his sole argument, Iqbal contends for the first time 20 that the agency failed to analyze his claim for CAT relief 21 separately from his claim for withholding of removal. 22 Because he did not raise this argument before the BIA, it is 23 unexhausted, and we decline to review it. See Lin Zhong v. 24 U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 480 F.3d 104, 123 (2d Cir. 2007) 2 1 (holding that, while not jurisdictional, the judicially 2 imposed issue exhaustion requirement is mandatory). 3 For the foregoing reason, the petition for review is 4 DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of 5 removal that the Court previously granted in this petition 6 is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in 7 this petition is DENIED as moot. Any pending request for 8 oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with 9 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second 10 Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b). 11 FOR THE COURT: 12 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk 13 14 3