Jose J. Olivares v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE J. OLIVARES,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-70818
Agency No. A073-894-094
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 15, 2018**
Before: FARRIS, BYBEE, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Jose J. Olivares, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review
of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen
removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review
for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen or reconsider, and review
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
AUG 23 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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de novo questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.
2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Olivares’s sixth motion to
reopen as untimely and number-barred, where he filed the motion more than 20
years after his final order of removal, and did not show the motion was subject to
any exceptions to the filing deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), (3).
Treated as a motion to reconsider, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in
denying the motion as untimely. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(2).
We reject Olivares’s contentions that the agency failed to sufficiently
consider evidence and arguments, failed to properly consider all factors, and
insufficiently explained its decision. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990
(9th Cir. 2009) (agency need not write an exegesis on every contention);
Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir. 2006) (petitioner did not
overcome the presumption that the BIA did review the record).
Olivares’s contention that the BIA’s denial of his motion violated his
children’s constitutional rights is foreclosed by Urbano de Malaluan v. INS, 577
F.2d 589, 594 (9th Cir. 1978) (rejecting the contention that a parent’s “deportation
order would amount to a de facto deportation of the child and thus violate the
constitutional rights of the child”).
Because Olivares has not raised a claim of legal or constitutional error, we

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lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to reopen proceedings sua
sponte. See Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 588 (9th Cir. 2016) (“[T]his court
has jurisdiction to review Board decisions denying sua sponte reopening for the
limited purpose of reviewing the reasoning behind the decisions for legal or
constitutional error.”).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Olivares’s contention that his case warrants
a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion. See Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688
F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir. 2012) (order).
In light of our disposition, we do not reach Olivares’s remaining contentions
regarding eligibility for relief. See Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th
Cir. 2004) (courts and agencies are not required to decide issues unnecessary to the
results they reach).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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