Paula Juan Chavez v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
PAULA JUAN CHAVEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 14-73569
Agency No. A075-477-111
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 14, 2016**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Paula Juan Chavez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen.
Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of
FILED
DEC 19 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785,
791 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Juan Chavez’s motion to
reopen as untimely, where the motion was filed more than twelve years after her
final administrative order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Juan
Chavez failed to invoke any exception to the filing deadline, see 8 C.F.R.
§ 1003.2(c)(3); Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir. 2011).
To the extent Juan Chavez challenges the BIA’s decision not to invoke its
sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings, we lack jurisdiction to consider that
contention. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir. 2011);
cf. Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 588-89 (9th Cir. 2016).
To the extent Juan Chavez asks this court to exercise sua sponte authority to
reopen proceedings, that authority rests with the BIA. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Juan Chavez’s remaining
contentions regarding eligibility for relief.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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