Stepanian

MEMORANDUM **

Seroja Stepanian and Lida Grigorian (“Petitioners”), natives and citizens of Armenia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA” or “Board”) summary dismissal of their appeal. Petitioners argue that this dismissal, *401 which resulted from Petitioners failure to provide an additional brief as they indicated they would do on the appeal form, violated due process. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of the case, we will not recount it here. We have jurisdiction under section 242 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.

The immigration judge (“IJ”) in this case denied Petitioners’ applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. In appealing that decision, Petitioners indicated on item number 6 of the appeal form (EOIR-26) that they would be filing a separate brief or statement in support of their appeal. Directly below Item 6, there is a printed warning. The word “warning” is written in bold type and with a large exclamation mark. The warning states:

Directly below this warning is the line for the signature of the appealing party. Petitioners’ counsel signed the form and dated…