U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2006

Serrano v. Gonzales

Serrano v. Gonzales
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided December 8, 2006 · Fisher, Goodwin, Leavy
210 F. App'x 626

Serrano v. Gonzales

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

*627Armando Comino Serrano and Alma Gloria Rumualdo Garcia, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying petitioners’ motion to reopen proceedings following the BIA’s affirmance of an immigration judge’s denial of their application for cancellation of removal.

Petitioners concede that their motion to reopen was untimely, but contend that the BIA should have sua sponte reopened their application to correct a miscarriage of justice and address a significant change in law. Petitioners also allege that they were denied their right to a full and fair hearing in the underlying removal hearing.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen as untimely because petitioners did not file the motion within ninety days of the BIA’s final order of removal. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2); Azanor v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1013, 1021-22 (9th Cir. 2004). We lack jurisdiction to review petitioners’ contention that the BIA should have sua sponte granted their motion to reopen despite its untimeliness, because the decision of the agency whether to invoke its sua sponte authority is committed to its unfettered discretion. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir. 2002). We will not consider petitioner’s remaining contentions, because the contentions do not concern the untimeliness of petitioner’s motion to reopen.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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