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

Rajesh Dutt v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Rajesh Dutt v. Eric Holder, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided July 21, 2011 · Schroeder, Alarcón, Leavy
444 F. App'x 210

Rajesh Dutt v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Rajesh Dutt and Lata Rashmin Dutt, natives and citizens of Fiji, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their 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 and de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen as untimely where it was filed more than 90 days after the BIA’s final order of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i), and petitioners failed to demonstrate changed country conditions to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limit for filing motions to reopen, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); cf. Malty v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 942, 945 (9th Cir. 2004). Therefore, petitioners’ due process rights were not violated. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error for a due process violation).

We do not consider the extra-record evidence submitted for the first time with petitioners’ opening brief because the court’s review is limited to the administrative record. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A).

Petitioners’ remaining contentions are unavailing.

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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