Cristiane Maria Araujo v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General

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).
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CRISTIANE MARIA ARAUJO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 07-72423
Agency No. A079-653-385
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 16, 2010**
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Cristiane Maria Araujo, a native and citizen of Brazil, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeal’s order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s decision denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings
FILED
FEB 26 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Perez v. Mukasey,
516 F.3d 770, 773 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Araujo’s motion to
reopen because written notice of the hearing was mailed to the most recent address
provided by Araujo, she admitted to receiving the notice, see 8 U.S.C. §§ 1229(c),
1229a(b)(5)(A), and she failed to establish that her failure to appear was because of
“exceptional circumstances,” see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(1).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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