Anastasiya Uzzhina v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

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471 F. App'x 706
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 13, 201208-74764California223 words

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Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Anastasiya Uzzhina petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order 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. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA acted within its discretion in denying Uzzhina’s motion to reopen as untimely because Uzzhina filed her motion more than three years after the BIA’s final order of removal, and she did not establish that her motion is subject to any exceptions to the filing deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2). Uzzhina’s due process contentions are therefore not persuasive. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error for a due process violation).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority. Mejia -Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 824 (9th Cir.2011).

We also lack jurisdiction to review Uzzhina’s unexhausted contention that equitable tolling should apply in her case. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).

PETITION…

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