Case: 16-60704 Document: 00514241666 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/17/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 16-60704 November 17, 2017 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk SANDRA LIBAI NAJERA-MEJIA, also known as Cheyla Turcios, Petitioner v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, III, U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. AO97 745 595 Before REAVLEY, PRADO, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Sandra Libai Najera-Mejia, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions this court for review of the dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of her appeal of an Immigration Judge’s denial of a motion to reopen proceedings in which she was ordered removed in absentia. Najera-Mejia argues that the BIA failed to consider the exceptional circumstances that warranted reopening of the proceeding. * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Case: 16-60704 Document: 00514241666 Page: 2 Date Filed: 11/17/2017 No. 16-60704 Due to her failure to brief any challenge to the BIA’s determination that her third motion to reopen was numerically barred from consideration pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(ii), Najera-Mejia has abandoned any such challenge. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir. 2003) (citing Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Additionally, this court lacks jurisdiction to consider Najera-Mejia’s challenge to the BIA’s wholly discretionary determination that her case did not present exceptional circumstances warranting sua sponte reconsideration. See Enriquez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 246, 248-50 (5th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, Najera-Mejia’s petition for review is DISMISSED, in part, for lack of jurisdiction and DENIED, in part. 2 16-60704 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ca5 5th Cir. Sandra Najera-Mejia v. Jefferson Sessions, III 17 November 2017 Immigration Unpublished 0b971a2fd2f40d0282f561158c61edf3b3287e06
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