Opinion
No. 06-74365.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed February 26, 2007.
Roberto Urzua Moreno, Oxnard, CA, pro se.
Maria Guadalupe Gamez, Oxnard, CA, pro se.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Carol Federighi, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Kathryn Moore, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A97-371-380, A97-371-381.
Before: GOODWIN, TASHIMA and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Respondent's unopposed motion to summarily deny this petition for review is granted. The Board of Immigration Appeals properly construed petitioners' motion to reopen as a motion to reconsider because petitioners did not seek to admit any new evidence nor apply for a new form of relief. Thus construed, petitioners' motion to reconsider was untimely. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b) (providing that a motion to reconsider must be filed within 30 days after the date on which a final administrative decision was filed).
Further, even if the motion to reconsider had been timely, it failed to address the Board's finding that petitioners had not proved their removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien's spouse, parent, or child, who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident, as required for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). Accordingly, petitioners arguments regarding physical presence were irrelevant.
All other pending motions are denied as moot. The temporary stay of removal confirmed by Ninth Circuit General Order 6.4(c) shall continue in effect until issuance of the mandate. Garcia v. Ashcroft, 368 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2004) (order).