MARICELA CASTILLO VALENCIA, AKA Maricela Alvarez v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARICELA CASTILLO VALENCIA,
AKA Maricela Alvarez,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 15-73274
Agency No. A205-712-891
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 14, 2017**
Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Maricela Castillo Valencia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming without opinion an
immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying a continuance and relief from
FILED
FEB 22 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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removal. We dismiss the petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Castillo Valencia’s unexhausted challenges
to the IJ’s denial of a continuance. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 931 (9th
Cir. 2004) (the exhaustion requirement applies to streamlined cases).
To the extent Castillo Valencia contends that former counsel’s failure to
raise certain arguments to the IJ constituted ineffective assistance of counsel or that
her convictions did not render her ineligible for relief, we also lack jurisdiction to
consider those unexhausted contentions. Id.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.
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