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Case: 22-60240        Document: 00516644687             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/13/2023

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

                                     ____________                              FILED
                                                                       February 13, 2023
                                      No. 22-60240                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                           Clerk
                                    ____________

   Damaris Amarilis Alvarado-Ruiz,

                                                                                   Petitioner,

                                            versus

   Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,

                                                                                Respondent.
                     ______________________________

                        Petition for Review of an Order of the
                            Board of Immigration Appeals
                              Agency No. A208 748 356
                     ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Damaris Amarilis Alvarado-Ruiz, a native and citizen of Guatemala,
   petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals
   (BIA) denying her motion to reopen and terminate. We review the BIA’s
   decision “under a highly deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.” Garcia

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                   No. 22-60240

   v. Garland, 28 F.4th 644, 646 (5th Cir. 2022) (internal quotation marks and
   citation omitted).
          Citing Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 141 S. Ct. 1474 (2021), and Pereira v.
   Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018), Alvarado-Ruiz argues that her notice to
   appear was defective for failing to provide the date and time of her hearing
   and that, consequently, the immigration judge did not have subject matter
   jurisdiction over her removal proceedings, she was not provided the requisite
   statutory notice of the hearing, and her procedural and substantive due
   process rights were violated. Circuit precedent forecloses the argument. See
   Castillo-Gutierrez v. Garland, 43 F.4th 477, 480 (5th Cir. 2022); Garcia, 28
   F.4th at 646-48. Because the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying this
   claim on the merits, we need not consider Alvarado-Ruiz’s contention
   regarding the timeliness of her motion. See INS v. Bagamasbad, 429 U.S. 24,
   25 (1976).
          We lack jurisdiction to consider Alvarado-Ruiz’s argument that the
   BIA erred by not reopening her case sua sponte pursuant to 8 C.F.R.
   § 1003.2(a). See Gonzalez-Cantu v. Sessions, 866 F.3d 302, 306 (5th Cir.
   2017); Hernandez-Castillo v. Sessions, 875 F.3d 199, 206-07 (5th Cir. 2017).
   Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for review in part due to lack of
   jurisdiction on the issue of sua sponte reopening and otherwise deny the
   petition.
          DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.

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