Cesia Yamileth Bermudez- Mendoza v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CESIA YAMILETH BERMUDEZ-
MENDOZA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 10-70218
Agency No. A096-216-479
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted May 14, 2013**
Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Cesia Yamileth Bermudez-Mendoza, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order
dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her motion to
FILED
MAY 20 2013
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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reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for
review.
In her opening brief, Bermudez-Mendoza fails to address, and therefore has
waived, any challenge to the BIA’s determination that the IJ lacked jurisdiction to
reopen her proceedings. See Rizk v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1083, 1091 n.3 (9th Cir.
2011) (issues not raised in the opening brief may be deemed waived). Because the
issue of the IJ’s jurisdiction is dispositive, we need not reach the contentions
Bermudez-Mendoza raises in her opening brief regarding eligibility for asylum.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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