Ponce

Ponce v. Holder

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321 F. App'x 657
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 7, 2009No. 06-75800California302 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Patricio Mendez Ponce and Maria Luisa Torres, spouses and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Singh v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 1006, 1009 (9th Cir.2005), and we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

The cumulative evidence petitioners presented with their motion to reopen concerned the same basic hardship grounds previously considered by the agency. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 602-03 (9th Cir.2006). We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the B IA's determination that the evidence would not alter the agency's prior discretionary determination that petitioners failed to establish the requisite hardship for cancellation of removal. See id. at 600 .

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen removal proceedings. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002).

The BILA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners' motion to reopen as untimely and…

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