Martinez

MEMORANDUM **

Ada B. Mejia Martinez, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA acted within its discretion in denying Mejia Martinez’s motion to reopen as untimely because it was filed more than six years after the BIA’s final removal order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2) (motion to reopen must be filed no later than 90 days after the final administrative decision was rendered); Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897 (filing deadline may be tolled where an alien, exercising due diligence, is prevented from timely filing by deception, fraud, or error).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen Mejia Martinez’s case. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002) (noting that “the decision of the BIA whether to invoke its sua sponte authority is committed to its unfettered…