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Date Created: 2023-05-12 00:00:28.688017+00
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Case: 22-60489        Document: 00516747738             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/11/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                                                                       FILED
                                      No. 22-60489                                   May 11, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                    ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                          Clerk
   J. Guadalupe Solache Galarza,

                                                                                Petitioner,

                                            versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                               Respondent.
                     ______________________________

                        Petition for Review of an Order of the
                            Board of Immigration Appeals
                              Agency No. A091 244 973
                     ______________________________

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         J. Guadalupe Solache Galarza, a native and citizen of Mexico,
   petitions for review of the order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
   denying his motion to reopen. We lack jurisdiction to consider Solache
   Galarza’s challenge to the discretionary decision not to reopen his

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                   No. 22-60489

   proceedings sua sponte. See Mejia v. Whitaker, 913 F.3d 482, 490 (5th
   Cir. 2019).
          Jurisdiction does exist to review Solache Galarza’s arguments to the
   extent that he asserts that his due process rights were violated as he is no
   longer removable as charged. See id. However, his due process arguments
   are unavailing and not cognizable because “no liberty interest exists in a
   motion to reopen.” Id.
          Solache Galarza’s petition is DISMISSED in part for lack of
   jurisdiction and DENIED in part. Additionally, the Government’s motion
   to dismiss is DENIED as moot.

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