Bedolla

Bedolla v. Keisler

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250 F. App'x 799
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 10, 2007No. 07-71615California246 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Petitioners challenge a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying their second motion to reopen.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ second motion to reopen as untimely and numerically barred. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), (3); Rodrignez-Lariz v. INS, 282 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2002) (BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen is reviewed for abuse of discretion).

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) (stating standard).

Petitioners’ motion for a stay of voluntary departure is denied because the stay motion was filed after expiration of the voluntary departure period. See Garcia v. Ashcroft, 368 F.3d 1157, 1159 (9th Cir. 2004).

To the extent that petitioners also challenge the BIA’s decision declining to reopen proceedings sua sponte, this court lacks jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary decision. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002). Accordingly, the petition is dismissed in…

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