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

Bautista v. Holder

Bautista v. Holder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided April 27, 2009 · Bea, Gould, Graber
324 F. App'x 604

Bautista v. Holder

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Alfredo Bautista and Rosa Imelda Bautista, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen as untimely because the motion was filed over seven months after the BIA’s August 5, 2005 order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (motion to reopen must generally be filed within 90 days of the final order), and petitioners did not establish that they were entitled to equitable tolling, see Iturribarrvia, 321 F.3d at 897 (deadline for filing a motion to reopen can be equitably tolled “when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due diligence”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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