Kar

Kar v. Holder

Good Law
330 F. App'x 142
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 3, 2009Nos. 04-72491, 04-72497California293 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

In these consolidated petitions for review, Shantanu Kar, a native of the United Kingdom and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Ap-peáls’ (“BIA”) order dismissing as untimely his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision finding him removable (No. 04-72491), and it’s order dismissing his appeal from the IJ’s decision denying his motion to reconsider (No. 04-72497). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo whether the BIA had jurisdiction over an untimely appeal, Da Cruz v. INS, 4 F.3d 721, 722 (9th Cir.1993), and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reconsider, Morales Apolinar v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 893, 895 (9th Cir.2008). We deny the petition for review in No. 04-72491, and we grant the petition for review in No. 04-72497 and remand for further proceedings.

The BIA correctly dismissed Kar’s appeal from the IJ’s November 6, 2003 decision because Kar’s notice of appeal was not filed within 30 days of the IJ’s decision. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.38 (b); see also Da Cruz, 4 F.3d at 723.

The BIA did not have the benefit of our intervening decision in United States v. Karaouni, 379 F.3d 1139 (9th…

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