Zavala

Zavala v. Mukasey

Good Law
260 F. App'x 966
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 21, 2007No. 07-73381California363 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying petitioners’ motion to reopen.

The docketing and filing fees for this petition for review were paid on November 20, 2007. Accordingly, the court’s October 2, 2007 order to show cause is discharged.

The BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen is reviewed for abuse of discretion. See Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). The regulations state that a motion to reopen shall present new facts and shall not be granted unless the new evidence is material and could not have been presented at the former hearing. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(1).

A review of the administrative record demonstrates that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen as to Victoria Galindo. The motion to reopen did not present any new facts regarding Victoria Galindo’s departure from the United States in 1999, the ground on which the BIA found her statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal. Accordingly, respondent’s unopposed motion for summary disposition is granted as to Victoria Galindo because the questions raised by this petition for review are so insubstantial as…

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