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Summary: Case: 18-60490 Document: 00514933482 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/29/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED April 29, 2019 No. 18-60490 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk NANCY ELIZABETH SOLIS ROMERO, also known as Nancy E. Solis Romero, Petitioner v. WILLIAM P. BARR, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A208 143 231 Before DAVIS, GRAVES, and HO, Circu
Summary: Case: 18-60490 Document: 00514933482 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/29/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED April 29, 2019 No. 18-60490 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk NANCY ELIZABETH SOLIS ROMERO, also known as Nancy E. Solis Romero, Petitioner v. WILLIAM P. BARR, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A208 143 231 Before DAVIS, GRAVES, and HO, Circui..
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Case: 18-60490 Document: 00514933482 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/29/2019
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
April 29, 2019
No. 18-60490
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
NANCY ELIZABETH SOLIS ROMERO, also known as Nancy E. Solis Romero,
Petitioner
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent
Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
BIA No. A208 143 231
Before DAVIS, GRAVES, and HO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Nancy Elizabeth Solis Romero, a native and citizen of Honduras,
challenges an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the
Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Solis Romero
claims the IJ’s conduct of her removal hearing violated her due process rights.
Solis Romero argues that she was denied a full and fair hearing when the IJ:
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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failed to admit and review late-filed evidence; breached the “special duty” owed
to an unrepresented claimant; afforded too much weight to records of her
credible fear interview; and exhibited unconstitutional bias.
Solis Romero did not raise most of these claims with the BIA. We lack
jurisdiction to review them because she failed to exhaust available
administrative remedies. Omari v. Holder,
562 F.3d 314, 319 (5th Cir. 2009).
Solis Romero preserved the argument that the IJ owed her a “special duty”
because she appeared pro se. She has not shown any violation of the IJ’s duty
to develop a factual record without “tak[ing] on the role of an advocate” for an
unrepresented alien. See In Re J.F.F., 23 I. & N. Dec. 912, 922 (B.I.A. 2006).
Accordingly, Solis Romero’s petition is DISMISSED IN PART and
DENIED IN PART.
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