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Parties Involved:
Eric H. Holder, Jr., U. S. Attorney General
Respondent
Carla Mariana Ortega Martinez
Petitioner

Document Text:

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.

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-60658

Summary Calendar

CARLA MARIANA ORTEGA MARTINEZ,

Petitioner

v.

ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,

Respondent

Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

BIA No. A096 747 217

Before KING, STEWART, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Carla Mariana Ortega Martinez (Ortega), a native and citizen of Mexico,

has filed a petition for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

(BIA) dismissing her appeal of the immigration judge’s denial of her motion to

reopen removal proceedings. Ortega argues that the BIA abused its discretion

and violated her due process rights by dismissing her appeal from the

immigration judge’s denial of her motion to reopen because her claim of

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

April 22, 2010

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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ineffective assistance of counsel was meritorious. The Respondent has moved

for summary affirmance.

The immigration judge and the BIA both ruled that Ortega’s motion to

reopen was barred because she had departed the United States before the

motion to reopen was filed. Ortega does not address this issue and, thus, has

abandoned the only issue properly before this court. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft,

324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir. 2003).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED; MOTION FOR SUMMARY

AFFIRMANCE GRANTED.

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