Martinez-Pontifes v. Ashcroft

120 F. App'x 183

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 18, 2005
• Docket: No. 03-71491
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Ignacio Martinezr-Pontifes, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, de Martinez v. INS, 374 F.3d 759, 761 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition.

The BIA decision considered all of the factors Martinez-Pontifes raised in his motion to reopen and the BIA acted within its broad discretion to deny the motion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a); see also Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 539 U.S. 941, 123 S.Ct. 2605, 156 L.Ed.2d 626 (2003) (internal quotations omitted) (stating that a the BIA has discretion to make decisions that are not “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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