Legal Opinion
Franco v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2002No. 01-70067; INS No. A70-928-282Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Maria Deysi Franco, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen her deportation proceedings sua sponte pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § llOSata).1 See Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1183 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc). We deny the petition.
We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen. See id. at 1187. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in declining to reopen Franco’s deportation proceedings sua sponte…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Oscar Socop-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Larry Efosa BAZUAYE, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Chin Kak Joo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987