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Case: 10-60728     Document: 00511526048         Page: 1     Date Filed: 06/30/2011

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
                                                                           June 30, 2011
                                     No. 10-60728
                                   Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

ROBERTA CRISTINA BARBOSA-SOUZA; JEAN GABRIEL SOUZA,

                                                  Petitioners

v.

ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,

                                                  Respondent

                        Petition for Review of an Order of the
                           Board of Immigration Appeals
                                BIA No. A096 076 680
                                BIA No. A096 076 681

Before KING, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
        Roberta Cristina Barbosa-Souza and her son, Jean Gabriel Souza, both
natives and citizens of Brazil, petition this court for review of an order from the
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their motion to reconsider the
dismissal of their appeal from the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of their motion
to reopen their removal proceedings. They argue that (1) there was no in
absentia determination because the IJ deemed their applications for relief to be

       *
         Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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abandoned, (2) they rebutted the presumption of effective notice afforded to the
mailing of the notices of hearing by regular mail, (3) the lack of effective notice
of their removal hearing and their inability to present their applications for
relief from removal violated their rights to due process, and (4) the BIA engaged
in impermissible fact-finding. Because they did not exhaust their first and last
arguments by raising them before the BIA, we lack jurisdiction to consider them.
See Roy v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 132, 137 (5th Cir. 2004).
      The record and the relevant legal authorities do not support the Souzas’
assertion that they rebutted the presumption of effective notice. Though the IJ
erroneously listed the address of the Souzas as being in Newark, NY, the actual
address on the Notice to Appear is in Newark, NJ, and the IJ stated that the
notice of hearing was mailed to the address on the Notice to Appear. The BIA
likewise noted that the notices had been mailed to the addresses shown on the
NTAs. Because all of the relevant documents in the record except for the IJ’s
erroneous reference show the Souzas’ address as being in New Jersey, they have
failed to rebut the presumption that they received effective notice. The Souzas
have thus failed to show that their rights to due process were violated and have
failed to make the requisite showing regarding the BIA’s decision. See Singh v.
Gonzales, 436 F.3d 484, 487-88 (5th Cir. 2006).
      The petition for review is DENIED.

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