Case Name: XUEZHI JIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-02
Citations: 637 F. App'x 478
Docket Number: No. 12-72964
Parties: XUEZHI JIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 637
Pages: 478–479

Head Matter:
XUEZHI JIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-72964.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 24, 2016.
Filed March 2, 2016.
Xuezhi Jia, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Lindsay Corliss, Oil, Matthew Allan Spurlock, Mona Maria Yousif, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Xuezhi Jia, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA's decision to summarily dismiss an appeal. Singh v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 1006, 1009 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in summarily dismissing Jia's appeal because he failed to file a brief or statement as he indicated on his Notice of Appeal, and the Notice of Appeal itself lacked sufficient specificity regarding the grounds for appeal. See 8 C.F.R. 1003.1(d)(2)(i)(A),(E); Garcia-Cortez v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 749, 752 (9th Cir.2004) ("it is well-established that the BIA may summarily dismiss an alien's appeal if an alien submits no separate written brief or statement to the BIA and inadequately informs the BIA of what aspects of the decision were allegedly incorrect and why") (internal quotation-marks and citations omitted) (emphasis in original); see also Rojas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 814, 819-20 (9th Cir.2003) (summary dismissal appropriate where the Notice of Appeal "merely contained generalized and conclusory statements] about the proceedings before the IJ and failed to specify the particular details contested") (internal citation and quotation omitted).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Jia's contentions challenging the IJ's denial of relief because he did not raise them to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.