Perez Roma v. Holder

MEMORANDUM **

Rufino Perez Roma, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his motion to reopen proceedings held in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Perez Roma failed to exhaust his contention that he did not appear at his removal proceedings because of exceptional circumstances. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (d)(1); Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).

To the extent Perez Roma challenges the BIA’s June 16, 2005, order vacating its prior order and remanding the administrative record to the IJ, we lack jurisdiction because this petition for review is not timely as to the 2005 order. See Singh v. INS, 315 F.3d 1186, 1188 (9th Cir.2003).

The IJ did not abuse her discretion in denying Perez Roma’s motion to reopen because written notice of the hearing was mailed to the most recent address provided by Perez Roma, see 8 U.S.C. §…