U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2009

Hayad Guure, etc. v. Michael Mukasey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided June 8, 2009 · Benton, Per Curiam, Riley, Smith

326 F. App'x 405

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Hayad Ahmed Guure and her children petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their motion to reopen. In particular, petitioners challenge the BIA’s refusal to reopen sua sponte the removal proceedings, so that petitioners could reapply for asylum on the basis of female genital mutilation. We lack jurisdiction, however, to review a BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen removal proceedings. See Tamenut v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1000, 1001, 1004-05 (8th Cir. 2008) (en banc) (per curiam). 2

Accordingly, we deny the petition.

. To the extent petitioners intended to challenge the remainder of the BIA’s decision denying the motion to reopen, we agree with the BIA that the motion was untimely, and petitioners failed to show they met any exception to the time limitation. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i) (time limitation); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3) (exceptions); Ghasemimehr v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1160, 1162-63 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying untimely motion to reopen).

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