Edgar Jose Rodriguez-Cuate v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General, 1

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Edgar Jose Rodriguez-Cuate, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Rodriguez-Cuate’s motion to reopen his in absentia deportation proceedings. For the reasons stated below, we deny the petition for review.

Rodriguez-Cuate entered the United States without inspection in June 1991 near San Ysidro, California. On October 28, 1994, Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) officials personally served Rodriguez-Cuate with an Order to…