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MEMORANDUM **

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

We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen 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 removal proceedings must be filed no later than ninety days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered in the proceeding sought to be reopened. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2). A review of the administrative record demonstrates that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioner’s motion to reopen as untimely. Petitioner’s final administrative order of removal was entered on September 29, 2006. Petitioner’s motion to reopen was filed on June 8, 2007, more than ninety days after the date on which the final order of removal was entered. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2).

To the extent petitioner asserts the BIA’s denial of the motion to reopen for protection under the Convention Against Torture should be considered an exception to the time limits that pertain to motions to reopen, the BIA did not abuse its discretion. Petitioner has not met…