Mendez
Mendez v. Mukasey
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*787 MEMORANDUM **
Petitioners Herberto Nava Mendez and Alicia Nava Reveles petition this court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) November 20, 2007 order denying their motion to reopen as untimely filed.
We have reviewed the record and petitioners’ response to this court’s March 31, 2008 order to show cause. We conclude that summary disposition is appropriate 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).
Specifically, the regulations provide that a motion to reopen must be filed with the BIA within ninety days after the mailing of the BIA’s decision. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2). In this case, the record reflects that petitioners’ motion to reopen was filed with the BIA on June 28, 2007, 92 days after the BIA’s March 28, 2007 order dismissing petitioners’ appeal. Therefore, the BIA did not abuse its discretion when it denied petitioners’ untimely motion to reconsider. See Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004), amended by 404 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir.2005).