Perez-Castaneda

Perez-Castaneda v. Gonzales

Good Law
235 F. App'x 517
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 27, 2007No. 07-70573California247 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying petitioners’ motion to reopen to apply for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen filed more than 35 months after the BIA’s final order of removal because the motion to reopen was untimely. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c); Rodriguez-Lariz v. INS, 282 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2002) (standard of review). Moreover, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen because petitioners failed to make a prima facie showing that they would more likely than not be tortured if re *518 moved to Mexico. See Kamalthas v. INS, 251 F.3d 1279, 1281 (9th Cir.2001).

Accordingly, respondent’s unopposed motion for summary disposition is granted because the questions raised by this petition for review are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th Cir.1982) (per curiam).

All other pending motions are denied as moot. To the extent petitioners seek reinstatement of voluntary departure, this court lacks jurisdiction to grant that…

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