Juan Manuel Otavalo-Salinas (Otavalo), a native and citizen of Ecuador, petitions this court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge’s denial of Otavalo’s out-of-time motion to reopen his deportation proceeding. According to Otavalo, the BIA and the immigration judge (IJ) should have exercised their discretion to reopen the proceeding despite the fact that he failed to file the motion on or before the September 30, 1996, deadline provided in 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1). We have held that we lack jurisdiction “to consider whether the [BIA] should have compelled the [IJ] to reopen a case based on the IJ’s sua sponte authority.” See Enriquez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 246, 247-50 (5th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, the petition for review is DISMISSED.