Martinez

MEMORANDUM **

Aurelio Martinez, his wife, Maria Cendelaria Delgado Guiterrez, and their son, Orlando Moisés Martinez Delgado, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order of October 8, 2004 denying as untimely their motion to reconsider its earlier decision affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of cancellation of removal. We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

A motion to reconsider must be filed no later than 30 days after the final administrative decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(2). Petitioners filed their motion to reconsider on July 26, 2004, more than two months after the BIA issued its final decision on May 6, 2004. The BIA denied the motion on the sole basis that it was untimely, and Petitioners fail to challenge that determination. They have therefore waived the only issue before the court. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996).

We lack jurisdiction to consider Petitioners’ contentions regarding the BIA’s underlying order affirming the IJ’s decision because Petitioners failed to timely petition this court for review of that…