Xuezhi Jia v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
XUEZHI JIA,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-72964
Agency No. A088-293-895
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 24, 2016**
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Xuezhi Jia, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of
Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal,
and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Our jurisdiction is governed by
FILED
MAR 02 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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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8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s decision to
summarily dismiss an appeal. Singh v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 1006, 1009 (9th Cir.
2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in summarily dismissing Jia’s appeal
because he failed to file a brief or statement as he indicated on his Notice of
Appeal, and the Notice of Appeal itself lacked sufficient specificity regarding the
grounds for appeal. See 8 C.F.R. 1003.1(d)(2)(i)(A),(E); Garcia-Cortez v.
Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 749, 752 (9th Cir. 2004) (“it is well-established that the BIA
may summarily dismiss an alien’s appeal if an alien submits no separate written
brief or statement to the BIA and inadequately informs the BIA of what aspects of
the decision were allegedly incorrect and why”) (internal quotation marks and
citations omitted) (emphasis in original); see also Rojas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 339
F.3d 814, 819-20 (9th Cir. 2003) (summary dismissal appropriate where the Notice
of Appeal “merely contained generalized and conclusory statement[s] about the
proceedings before the IJ and failed to specify the particular details contested”)
(internal citation and quotation omitted).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Jia’s contentions challenging the IJ’s denial
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of relief because he did not raise them to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358
F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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