Chavez-Acevedo

Chavez-Acevedo v. Gonzales

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162 F. App'x 719
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 10, 2006No. 03-74623; Agency No. A73-922-981California270 words

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Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Avaro Chavez-Acevedo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a *720 Board of Immigration (“BIA”) decision denying his motion requesting that the Board sua sponte reopen his final order of deporatation. We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review petitioner’s contention that the BIA should have exercised its sua sponte power to reopen his case. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002). We also lack jurisdiction to consider whether Chavez-Acevedo was properly provided written and oral notice of the consequences of failing to voluntarily depart, because he did not exhaust these issues before the BIA and no exception to the exhaustion requirement is warranted. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004). To the extent we do have jurisdiction, it is conferred by former 8 U.S.C. § 1105a and now, § 1252. Chavez-Acevedo contends that, pursuant to Alcaraz v. INS, 384 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir.2004), his case should be remanded to the BIA to consider repapering relief. Repapering relief is limited to aliens who are ineligible for suspension of deportation solely based upon the stop-time…

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