Segura-Barrientos

MEMORANDUM **

This is a petition for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals' (“BIA”) denial of petitioners’ motion to reconsider its denial of petitioners’ appeal from the denial of cancellation of removal and mo *503 tion to reopen proceedings. We review the denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider for abuse of discretion. See Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002).

The applicable regulations provide that a motion to reconsider “must be filed with the Board within 30 days after the mailing of the Board decision____” See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(2). Here, the motion was filed 58 days after the mailing of the decision. Thus, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion for reconsideration as time barred. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(6)(B); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(2). Accordingly, this petition for review is denied in part.

Where a petitioner improperly titles a motion to reopen or reconsider, the BIA should construe the motion based on its underlying purpose. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 793 (9th Cir.2005). Here, the BIA properly construed petitioners’ motion to reconsider as a motion to reconsider in part and a motion to reopen in…