U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

Pedro Perez -Velasquez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Pedro Perez -Velasquez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided September 22, 2010 · Silverman, Callahan, Smith
396 F. App'x 413

Pedro Perez -Velasquez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pedro Antonio Perez-Velasquez and Ana Bertha Perez, 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 based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ third motion to reopen as untimely and number-barred where the motion was filed more than three years after the final administrative order was entered in their case, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and petitioners failed to demonstrate that they were eligible for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir. 2003).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ untimely request to withdraw from their grant of voluntary departure. See Dada v. Mukasey, 554 U.S. 1, 128 S.Ct. 2307, 2319, 171 L.Ed.2d 178 (2008).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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