U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Juana De Leon-Borayo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Juana De Leon-Borayo v. Eric Holder, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided July 20, 2011 · Schroeder, Alarcón, Leavy
444 F. App'x 197

Juana De Leon-Borayo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Juana De Leon-Borayo, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings under section 203(c) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (“NACARA”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for *198 abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1187 (9th Cir. 2001), and we deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying De Leon-Borayo’s motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed after the September 11, 1998, filing deadline, see 8 C.F.R. § 1008.43(e)(1), and De Leon-Borayo’s ignorance of the deadline and her status before the September 11, 1998, deadline was not caused by circumstances beyond her control, see Socop-Gonzalez, 272 F.3d at 1193 (equitable tolling available in circumstances beyond a “garden variety claim of excusable neglect.”); cf. Albillo-De Leon v. Gonzales, 410 F.3d 1090, 1099 (9th Cir. 2005) (NA-CARA deadline tolled where petitioner missed deadline because of representative’s deception).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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