Arriaga-Alvarado v. Holder

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

SCOTT M. MATHESON, JR., Circuit Judge.

Pablo Fidelino Arriaga-Alvarado petitions pro se for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Mr. Arriaga-Alva-rado challenges the BIA’s conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction to consider his appeal because he had knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1), (2)(D), we deny Mr. Arriaga-Alvarado’s petition for review.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1995, Mr. Arriaga-Alvarado, a native and citizen of Guatemala, entered the United States…