CARLOS EDUARDO VALLEJO DELGADO v. LORETTA LYNCH ATTORNEY GENERAL (2016)

Carlos Eduardo Vallejo-Delgado, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his motion to reopen his in absentia removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction to review the denial of this motion. See Nolos v. Holder, 611 F.3d 279, 281 (5th Cir. 2010).

Because the BIA affirmed the IJ's decision without opinion, the IJ's decision is the final agency determination for purposes of our review. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 831-32 (5th Cir. 2003). We review the BIA's denials of motions to reopen under a “highly deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.” Zhao v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 295, 303 (5th Cir. 2005).

Vallejo-Delgado does not challenge the BIA's holdings that, insofar as he requested reopening based upon an exceptional circumstance and in order to request new relief from removal, his motion was untimely; consequently, he has abandoned any such challenges. See Soadjede, 324 F.3d at 833. Service of notice of the removal hearing upon Vallejo-Delgado's attorney, which service Vallejo-Delgado does not dispute, constituted adequate notice. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(A); 8 C.F.R. § 1292.5(a); Rodriguez-Manzano v. Holder, 666 F.3d 948, 953 n.6 (5th Cir. 2012); Men Ken Chang v. Jiugni, 669 F.2d 275, 277-78 (5th Cir. 1982). Vallejo-Delgado fails to show that the BIA abused its discretion. Zhao, 404 F.3d at 303.

The motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the petition for review is DENIED.

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