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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             FILED
                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                           AUG 11 2023
                                                                     MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRANCISCO JAVIER REYES-CORADO,                  No. 21-149
                                                Agency No.
             Petitioner,                        A098-799-409
 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,

             Respondent.

                   On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                       Board of Immigration Appeals

                           Submitted April 20, 2023**
                             Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and KOH, Circuit Judges, and McMAHON, District
Judge.***

      Francisco Reyes-Corado (“Reyes-Corado”), a native and citizen of

Guatemala, petitions this court for review of a decision of the Board of

Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying reopening. We have jurisdiction under 8

      *
            This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not
precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
      ***
            The Honorable Colleen McMahon, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.
U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

      Reyes-Corado filed the motion to reopen at issue here, his second,1 so

that he could pursue cancellation of removal in light of the Supreme Court’s

decision in Pereira v. Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018). Reyes-Corado argues

that under Pereira he meets the continuous presence requirement for

cancellation of removal because the putative notice to appear he received in

2005 did not trigger the stop-time rule. See id. at 2110. Reyes-Corado does

not, however, argue that the BIA’s decision rested on a misapplication of this

legal principle. Nor does Reyes-Corado challenge multiple independent

grounds on which the BIA denied reopening, including timeliness and failure to

show prima facie eligibility for cancellation of removal. Accordingly, we deny

the petition for review.2

      PETITION DENIED.

1
  Reyes-Corado has filed a separate petition for review of the BIA’s denial of
his previous motion to reopen. We address Reyes-Corado’s petition for review
in Case No. 18-70225 separately.
2
  The temporary stay of removal remains in effect until the mandate has issued
in both Case No. 21-149 and Case No. 18-70225.

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