Gregorio Zuniga-Gutierrez 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
GREGORIO ZUNIGA-GUTIERREZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 06-74066
Agency No. A024-929-117
MEMORANDUM *
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 15, 2009**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Gregorio Zuniga-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro
se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his
motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review
FILED
DEC 30 2009
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Iturribarria v. INS, 321
F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Zuniga-Gutierrez’s motion
to reopen as untimely where he filed the motion more than 16 years after the BIA
issued the final order of deportation, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (motion to reopen
must be filed within 90 days of final order of deportation or by September 30,
1996), and failed to demonstrate that any exceptions applied to excuse the late
filing, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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