Salazar

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying petitioner’s motion to reconsider and/or to reopen removal proceedings.

The regulations state that a motion to reconsider must be filed with the BIA within 30 days after the mailing of the BIA decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(2). The BIA affirmed the Immigration Judge’s decision and dismissed petitioner’s appeal on September 19, 2006. Petitioner filed a “motion to reopen and for extension of voluntary departure/stay of removal” with the BIA on November 13, 2006. Because petitioner’s motion to reconsider the BIA’s prior decision was untimely, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion on that ground. See Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002).

The regulations also provide that a motion to reopen proceedings shall state the new facts that will be proven at a hearing to be held if the motion is granted and shall be supported by new and material evidence. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(1). Petitioner’s motion to reopen to the BIA was not supported by any new or material evidence that would establish petitioner’s prima facie eligibility for cancellation…