Case Name: Haroutioun JEGHALIAN-KHOCHADORIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-07-30
Citations: 70 F. App'x 966
Docket Number: No. 02-70462; Agency No. A77-253-926
Parties: Haroutioun JEGHALIAN-KHOCHADORIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before LEAVY, HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 70
Pages: 966–967

Head Matter:
Haroutioun JEGHALIAN-KHOCHADORIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-70462.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 21, 2003.
Decided July 30, 2003.
Before LEAVY, HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
The Attorney General of the United States is the proper respondent in a petition for review of an order of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(3)(A).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Haroutioun Jeghalian-Khochadorian, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and for protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review summary dismissals of appeals to the BIA to ensure they are appropriate. See Casas-Chavez v. INS, 300 F.3d 1088, 1089 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition.
The BIA summarily dismissed Jeghalian-Khochadorian's appeal because he failed to set out the reasons for his appeal on the notice of appeal or file a supplemental brief. In his petition for review, Jeghalian-Khoehadorian only challenges the IJ's decision and does not contest the BIA's summary dismissal of his administrative appeal. Therefore he has waived his right to challenge the BIA's decision. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1260 (9th Cir.1996).
We do not consider Jeghalian-Khochadorian's contentions regarding the IJ's underlying decision, because these issues were not first considered by the BIA. See Ontiveros-Lopez v. INS, 213 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir.2000).
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.