Rivera Reyes v. Holder

MEMORANDUM

Aurelio Rivera Reyes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen and reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of motions to reopen and reconsider. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Rivera Reyes’ motion to reconsider because the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA’s November 14, 2006, order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(1).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Rivera Reyes’ motion to reopen because Rivera Reyes’ statements in his motion were not supported by an affidavit or other evidentiary material. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(1); Patel v. INS, 741 F.2d 1134, 1137 (9th Cir.1984) (“[I]n the context of a motion to reopen, the BIA is not required to consider allegations unsupported by affidavits or other evidentiary material.”).

We do not consider the documents attached to Rivera Reyes’ opening brief as they are not a part of the administrative record. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(A)…