Case Name: Leonardo MARTINEZ-VALLES, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-12-15
Citations: 706 F. App'x 413
Docket Number: No. 15-71313
Parties: Leonardo MARTINEZ-VALLES, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: OWENS and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and BUCKLO, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 706
Pages: 413–414

Head Matter:
Leonardo MARTINEZ-VALLES, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-71313
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted December 5, 2017 San Francisco, California
Filed December 15, 2017
Jenny Tsai, Attorney, Green & Tsai, Attorneys at Law, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner
Benjamin Mark Moss, Esquire, Trial Attorney, Alison Marie Igoe, Esquire, Principal Litigation Counsel, OIL, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
Before: OWENS and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and BUCKLO, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Elaine E. Bucklo, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner Leonardo Martinez-Valles, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision affirming an Immigration Judge's determination that Petitioner withdrew an earlier appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R, § 1003,4. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition.
We review questions of law de novo. Hamazaspyan v. Holder, 590 F.3d 744, 747 (9th Cir. 2009), The BIA did not err in deeming Petitioner's first appeal to the BIA withdrawn because it is undisputed that Petitioner voluntarily departed the United States while his appeal of a removal order was pending. Under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.4, this departure constitutes a withdrawal of his appeal. See Aguilera-Ruiz v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 835, 839 (9th Cir. 2003).
Petitioner's contention that his due process rights were violated due to insufficient notice fails because Petitioner admits that he received two separate notices warning him that departing the United States might lead to withdrawal of his appeal. Although the notices Petitioner received were not identical—the first warned that departure "may" lead to withdrawal, while the latter warned that departure "will" lead to withdrawal—the difference between them is immaterial. Both notices conveyed a general advisory of 8 C.F.R. § 1003.4's consequences and were not contradictory. Because Petitioner received adequate notice of the rule, his due process challenge fails. Cf. Martinez-de Bojorquez v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 800, 806 (9th Cir. 2004) (application of 8 C.F.R. § 1003.4 "without any notice whatsoever" can violate due process in some circumstances). That the BIA did not specifically cite the earlier notice in its decision does not change this result. See Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1035, 1040 (9th Cir. 2011) ("The BIA is not required to 'expressly parse or refute on the record each •individual argument or piece of evidence offered by the petitioner.' " (quoting Wang v. Bd. of Immigration Appeals, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir. 2006))).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.