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Seda ISAYAN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 04-75692.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 5, 2005.
    
    Decided Jan. 11, 2006.
    Aris Artounians, Law Office of Aris Artounians, Glendale, CA, for Petitioner.
    Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Richard M. Evans, Esq., Susan K. Houser, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Seda Isayan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reconsider the BIA’s earlier order denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings to seek adjustment of status. We dismiss the petition for review.

Isayan’s sole contention before this court is that the BIA abused its discretion by not extending its holding in Matter of Velarde, 23 I. & N. Dec. 253, 2002 WL 393173 (BIA 2002), to the facts of her case. Isayan did not raise this argument before the BIA and we therefore lack jurisdiction to consider it. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1) (requiring exhaustion).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.