Salvador Martinez-Godinez v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SALVADOR MARTINEZ-GODINEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 05-74372
Agency No. A092-538-685
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 16, 2010**
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Salvador Martinez-Godinez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to
FILED
FEB 24 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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reopen and administratively close his removal proceedings. We dismiss the
petition for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision declining to exercise its
sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153,
1159 (9th Cir. 2002).
We also lack jurisdiction over the BIA’s denial of a request for
administrative closure. See Diaz-Covarrubias v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 1114, 1120
(9th Cir. 2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED.

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