Maria Dolores Reynoso-Cisneros v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General

Maria Dolores Reynoso-Cisneros, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen exclusion proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review questions of law, including an agency’s determination of its own jurisdiction, de novo. See Nuru v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1207, 1215 (9th Cir.2005). We grant the petition for review and remand.

This case is governed by our recent decision in Lin v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 979 (9th Cir.2007). Lin was deported from the United States, re-entered unlawfully, and filed…