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Anatolia GARCIA, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-60584
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    June 15, 2012.
    Jose William Vega, Esq., Law Office of Jose W. Vega, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
    
      Gregory Michael Kelch, Esq., Tangerlia Cox, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before WIENER, GARZA, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Anatolia Garcia, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), dismissing her appeal from the Removal Order of the immigration judge (IJ) and the IJ’s determination that she was ineligible for cancellation of removal or temporary protected status. Garcia contends that, even though she did not accrue the 10 years of continuous physical presence necessary to be eligible for cancellation of removal, it is possible that the Department of Homeland Security purposefully served her with a premature Notice to Appear to preclude her from satisfying the 10-year requirement. She also claims that she was eligible for temporary protected status because she qualified as a derivative beneficiary of the application submitted by her qualified husband.

We conclude that Garcia has abandoned her claims by failing to brief them sufficiently. Pursuant to Rule 28(a)(9)(A) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, an appellant’s filings must set forth the reasons for the relief requested with citation to the authorities, statutes, and parts of the record on which she relies. Garcia’s attorney-prepared brief fails to meet this standard: It contains only a perfunctory summary of the claims that Garcia seeks to assert on appeal without reference to relevant legal authority or citations to the record. Furthermore, Garcia does not address the bases on which the IJ and the BIA denied her claims and fails to identify any specific error purportedly committed by the IJ or the BIA. As Garcia has not offered a meaningful factual discussion or legal analysis, she has effectively waived her claims for relief. See Rule 28(a)(9)(B); Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir.2003) (holding that arguments not briefed are abandoned).

Accordingly, Garcia’s petition for review is DENIED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.