Heidi Aldana v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Heidi Aldana v. Eric H. Holder Jr., 409 F. App'x 166 (9th Cir. 2011)

Heidi Aldana v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Heidi G. Aldana, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA acted within its discretion in denying as untimely Aldana’s motion to reopen because the motion was filed more than eight years after the BIA’s final order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Aldana did not establish that she acted with the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the time limitation, see Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897. We therefore do not address the merits of the motion.

To the extent we have jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority, the BIA acted within its broad discretion in declining to reopen under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a).

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
Heidi G. ALDANA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished