Kaur

Kaur v. Holder

Good Law
325 F. App'x 604
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 21, 2009No. 06-74909California288 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Ginder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration *605 judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her motion to reopen proceedings and dismissing her untimely appeal from an IJ’s order denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Kaur’s appeal from the IJ’s denial of her “motion to re-issue/ re-open.” See id. at 895-96 . Kaur’s motion presented no new facts related to the underlying claim, and did not move to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel, but sought only to extend the period to file an appeal to the BIA. The regulations do not authorize an IJ to reopen a case on that basis. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1003.2 (c) (stating requirements for motion to reopen).

We lack jurisdiction to consider the BIA’s discretionary decision not to certify Kaur’s untimely appeal to itself.…

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