Flores

*798 MEMORANDUM ***

Guillermo Javier Dueñas Flores and Silvia Tarula De Dueñas petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reconsider.

This court lacks jurisdiction to review the BIA’s refusal to reopen removal proceedings sua sponte. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159-60 (9th Cir. 2002). Accordingly, the court sua sponte dismisses the petition for review in part.

Petitioners contended that the BIA’s February 16, 2007 finding that they were barred from cancellation of removal because they failed to depart pursuant to a grant of voluntary departure was erroneous. The BIA agreed in its order on the motion to reconsider. Nonetheless, the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion to reconsider its February 16, 2007 denial of petitioners’ untimely motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(1); Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). The regulations provide, with certain exceptions that do not apply to this case, that a motion to reopen “must be filed no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered in the proceeding sought to be reopened.” See 8 C.F.R. §…