Qamaruddin
Qamaruddin v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Syed Faqir Qamaruddin, his wife Fauzia Qamar, and their daughter, Nida Qamar, natives and citizens of Pakistan, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of their motion to reopen deportation proceedings based on changed country conditions. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by former 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1183 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc). We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208, 1209 (9th Cir.2000). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
We are without jurisdiction to review Qamaruddin’s contentions challenging the BIA’s February 27, 2003 dismissal of his appeal, or the BIA’s July 2, 2003 denial of his motion to reconsider because he did not file a timely petition for review from either order. See Singh v. INS, 315 F.3d 1186, 1188 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that time limit to file a petition for review is mandatory, jurisdictional, and cannot be tolled).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in its December 1, 2003 denial of Qamaruddin’s motion to reopen to reapply for asylum based on changed…