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Sanchez v. Gonzales

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Aug 23, 2007
235 F. App'x 666 (9th Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 06-71426.

Submitted August 13, 2007.

This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).

Filed August 23, 2007.

Leticia Sanchez Amayo, Orange, 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, Daniel G. Lonergan, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Responsdent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency Nos. A95-450-281 to A95-450-283.

Before: KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.



MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Leticia Sanchez Amayo, and her children Luis Enrique Rios Sanchez and Gabriel Alejandro Rios Sanchez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying their second motion to reopen or reconsider the underlying denial of their application for cancellation of removal. The BIA concluded that the motion was untimely, and was also numerically barred under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(2).

Petitioners contend that the time and numerical bars should not prevent consideration of their motion because they have established an exception to the time and numerical bars by demonstrating that there are changed country conditions in Mexico giving rise to their prima facie eligibility for relief under the Convention Against Torture.

The BIA acted within its discretion in concluding that petitioners' second motion to reopen was both untimely and numerically-barred. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c). Moreover, for the reasons stated by the BIA in its order denying the motion, we agree that petitioners failed to establish an exception to these bars, because petitioners failed to present material evidence of changed country conditions in Mexico. See Konstantinova v. INS, 195 F.3d 528, 530 (9th Cir. 1999) (upholding denial of motion to reopen where petitioner introduced evidence that was too general in nature to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution.)

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Sanchez v. Gonzales

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Aug 23, 2007
235 F. App'x 666 (9th Cir. 2007)
Case details for

Sanchez v. Gonzales

Case Details

Full title:Leticia SANCHEZ AMAYO; et al., Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Aug 23, 2007

Citations

235 F. App'x 666 (9th Cir. 2007)