Amoncio Cruz-Gomez v. Loretta Lynch

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Amoncio Cruz-Gomez, a native and citizen of Mexico, was charged with removability when he remained in the United States after his visa expired. When he failed to appear at a master calendar hearing in his removal proceedings, the Immigration Judge ordered him removed in absentia. Cruz-Gomez filed a motion to reopen his proceedings, arguing that he did not receive proper notice of.the hearing. The Immigration Judge and Board of Immigration Appeals denied this motion. For the reasons given below, we affirm.

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Cruz-Gomez was admitted to the United States in…