Cisneros-Lemus v. Gonzales

195 F. App'x 580

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Jose Luis Cisneros-Lemus, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying Cisneros-Lemus’ motion to reopen filed four years after he was ordered removed, where it was deprived of jurisdiction to consider the motion as a result of Cisneros-Lemus’s departure from the United States subject to a removal order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b) (explaining that “[a] motion to reopen must be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal” and that “[a] motion to reopen ... shall not be made by or on behalf of a person who is the subject of removal ... subsequent to his or her departure from the United States.”).

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s decision not to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See Abassi v. INS, 305 F.3d 1028, 1032 (9th Cir.2002).

Cisneros-Lemus’ remaining contentions lack merit.

We do not consider Cisneros-Lemus’ contentions raised for the first time in his reply brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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