Lara

Lara v. Ashcroft

Good Law
88 F. App'x 255
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 25, 2004No. 02-71309; Agency No. A76-846-694California202 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pedro Lara and his wife Evalia Flores, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order declining to accept their untimely applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdic *256 tion pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and we deny the petition.

The petitioners’ contention that the BIA’s streamlining procedures violate due process is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 850-51 (9th Cir.2003).

The IJ permissibly deemed the cancellation of removal applications waived because the petitioners did not file them by the IJ’s deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 3.31 (c) (2003) (indicating that if an application is not filed within the time limit set by an IJ, the opportunity to file the application is waived). Because the IJ’s interpretation of the applicable provision is not plainly erroneous, we must give it effect. See United States v. Larionoff, 431 U.S. 864, 872 , 97 S.Ct. 2150 , 53 L.Ed.2d 48 (1977).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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