Salazar-Miranda

Salazar-Miranda v. Mukasey

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292 F. App'x 554
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 5, 2008No. 05-76500California350 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Amanda Leticia Salazar-Miranda, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) order denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings held in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Perez v. Mukasey, 516 F.3d 770, 773 (9th Cir.2008), and review de novo due process claims, Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion to reopen because Salazar-Miranda was properly served with an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) that included a date, time and location for her hearing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(c)(3)(B) (1993) (repealed) (a deportation order issued in absentia may be rescinded “if the alien demonstrates that the alien did not receive notice” of the hearing). The agency also did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion as untimely to the extent that Salazar-Miranda based the motion on “exceptional circumstances.” 8 U.S.C. §…

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