Amador-Garcia

Amador-Garcia v. Holder

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360 F. App'x 913
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 30, 200906-75598California271 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Raul Porfirio Amador-Garda, Rosa Maria Alvarez, and their son, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s decision to summarily dismiss an appeal, Singh v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 1006, 1009 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Contrary to the government’s contention, the BIA’s November 17, 2006, order was the final order of removal because the BIA previously remanded for the entry of a removal order, see generally Molina-Camacho v. Ashcroft, 393 F.3d 937 (9th Cir.2004), overruled by Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc), and petitioners filed a timely notice of appeal from the IJ’s decision on remand, see 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(47)(B). The petition for review is therefore timely. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(1) (“The petition for review must be filed not later than 30 days after the date of the final order of removal.”).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in summarily dismissing petitioners’…

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