Athelualdo Ortega-Lopez 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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ATHELUALDO ORTEGA-LOPEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-73944
Agency No. A035-554-123
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 19, 2010**
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Athelualdo Ortega-Lopez, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions
pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing
his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under
8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, and review for substantial
FILED
NOV 02 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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evidence the factual findings underlying the agency’s decision. Melkonian v.
Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for review.
The agency properly found Ortega-Lopez removable based on his
admissions that he had been previously deported in December 1999 and that he
sought re-entry within twenty years of his deportation. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1182(a)(9)(A)(i). Ortega-Lopez has not submitted any evidence indicating that
he applied for or received a waiver under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(A)(iii) prior to
seeking reentry. See 8 C.F.R. § 1240.8(b) (an arriving alien must prove that he or
she is clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted to the United States and is
not inadmissible as charged).
To the extent Ortega-Lopez seeks to collaterally attack his 1999 removal
order, he has not demonstrated a gross miscarriage of justice in his prior
proceedings. See Ramirez-Juarez v. INS, 633 F.2d 174, 175-76 (9th Cir. 1980)
(per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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