ISMAEL REYES-VALDEZ, AKA Ismael Valdez Reyes v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ISMAEL REYES-VALDEZ, AKA Ismael
Valdez Reyes,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 18-71592
Agency No. A206-516-631
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 9, 2022**
San Francisco, California
Before: GRABER, GOULD, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Petitioner Ismael Reyes-Valdez, a native and citizen of Mexico, timely seeks
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of his motion to reopen. He
raises only one argument: that the agency lacked jurisdiction because the Notice to
FILED
DEC 13 2022
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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Appear did not include, in the certificate of service, the address of the immigration
court as required by 8 C.F.R. § 1003.14(a), rendering all proceedings “void.”
Petitioner did not raise this argument before the agency, and the agency did not
consider or rule on the issue. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to entertain the
argument. Ruiz-Colmenares v. Garland, 25 F.4th 742, 748 (9th Cir. 2022).
PETITION DISMISSED.
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