Tseroukian
Tseroukian v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ** *140 tion Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion for reconsideration. 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reconsider for abuse of discretion, and legal questions de novo. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review.
*139 Alex Aramovich Tseroukian, an ethnic Armenian native of Azerbaijan, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigra-
*140 To the extent that Tseroukian contends that the BIA erred by denying reconsideration of his claim that affirmance without opinion violates due process, this claim is foreclosed by Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 850-51 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that the “streamlining regulation does not implicate or restrict any right of review in the court of appeals,” and does not violate due process); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(3) (“A motion to reconsider based solely on an argument that the case should not have been affirmed without opinion by a single Board Member ... is barred.”).
Tseroukian also contends that reconsideration was warranted because the BIA failed to address Artiga Turcios v. INS, 829 F.2d 720, 723 (9th Cir.1987),…