Kazarian
Kazarian v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Alla Kazarian, a citizen of Armenia, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of her appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“U”) denial of her motion to reconsider, as well as the BIA’s denial of her motion to reopen for purposes of relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to former 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), grant the petition for review in part, deny it in part, and remand for further proceedings.
We review the denial of a motion to reconsider for abuse of discretion. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). Here, the BIA correctly concluded that Kazarian’s motion to reconsider was untimely, as it was filed thirty-two days after the IJ denied Kazarian’s motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23 (b)(1).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Kazarian’s motion to reopen, because she failed to demonstrate the required prima facie case for CAT relief. See Ordonez v. INS, 345 F.3d 777, 785 (9th Cir.2003); Singh v. INS, 213 F.3d 1050, 1052 (9th Cir.2000).