Guillermo Reyes-lopez, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent, 132 F.3d 40 (9th Cir. 1997)

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Before SNEED, LEAVY and TROTT, Circuit Judges

MEMORANDUM^* 

Guillermo Reyes-Lopez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") summarily dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a) and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction, and we deny the petition.

Although this court has not articulated the proper standard for reviewing the BIA's decision to summarily dismiss an appeal for lack of specificity, it has analyzed whether such summary dismissals are appropriate. See Castillo-Manzanarez v. INS, 65 F.3d 793, 794 (9th Cir. 1995).

The BIA's summary dismissal of Reyes-Lopez's appeal was appropriate because despite informing the BIA he would submit a separate written brief or statement supporting his appeal, he failed to do so. His notice of appeal to the BIA was inadequate to inform the BIA regarding what part of the IJ's decision was allegedly incorrect and why. See id. at 795. Accordingly, we affirm the BIA's summary dismissal and deny the petition for review.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.¹