Maldonado

Maldonado v. Mukasey

Good Law
314 F. App'x 25
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 4, 2008No. 07-72413California217 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Juan Ramon Maldonado and Sanjuana Almaguer, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order' denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. The BIA also construed the motion as a motion to reconsider, and held that the motion was untimely. The BIA held that there was no need to consider petitioners’ request for sua sponte reopening because petitioners were by then statutorily ineligible for cancellation due to their failure to depart the United States within the voluntary departure period.

Petitioners have waived any challenge to the BIA’s order denying their motion to reopen or reconsider by failing to raise any arguments related to the BIA’s dispositive determination that the motion was untimely, see Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996); or failing to allege that they were otherwise eligible for reopening when they failed to voluntarily depart, see Barroso v. Gonzales, 429 F.3d 1195, 1202 (9th Cir.2005) (“Where an alien files his motion [to reopen] after his voluntary departure period has expired, the law in this circuit is clear that the BIA may properly deny the motion…

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