Ortega-Camacho

Ortega-Camacho v. Holder

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357 F. App'x 853
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 9, 200906-73494California333 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Veronica Ortega-Camacho, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Ordonez v. INS, 345 F.3d 777, 782 (9th Cir.2003), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (a). See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Ortega’s motion to reopen as untimely because it was filed over one year after the BIA’s final order of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i) (motion to reopen must be filed within ninety days of final order of removal), and Ortega did not establish that any of the enumerated exceptions to the timeliness rule apply, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(3), nor did she show she was entitled to equitable tolling, see Iturri-barria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003) (deadline for filing motion to reopen can be equitably…

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