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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             JUN 20 2016

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YANIRA ALCARAZ-BARAJAS,                          No. 14-71429

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A092-407-275

 v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

               Respondent.

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

                             Submitted June 14, 2016**

Before:        BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

      Yanira Alcaraz-Barajas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to remand

and dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal.

Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
discretion the denial of a motion to remand. Romero-Ruiz v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d

1057, 1062 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for

review.

      Alcaraz-Barajas does not challenge the agency’s determination that her

conviction for second-degree robbery is an aggravated felony crime of violence

that renders her removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). See

Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not

specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived).

      The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Alcaraz-Barajas’ motion to

remand, where she failed to submit evidence sufficient to establish prima facie

eligibility for adjustment of status. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1255, 1182(h)(1)(B); see

Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010) (BIA may deny a motion

for failure to establish a prima facie case for the relief sought).

      We lack jurisdiction over Alcaraz-Barajas’ unexhausted contentions

regarding a continuance, waiver of her right to counsel, and administrative closure.

See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010).

      In light of our disposition, we need not reach Alcaraz-Barajas’ remaining

contention regarding Negrete-Ramirez v. Holder, 741 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2014).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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