Misternovo Bamaca-Cifuentes v. Attorney General United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioners ask us to decide if the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion by denying an untimely motion to reopen removal proceedings arising from a request for protection under the U.N.’s Convention Against Torture or. “CAT.” Their petition requires us to determine if the time bar contained in - .8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c) applies to motion? to reopen based on a request for withholding of removal under the CAT. We. have previously held that the time limitation does apply to these motions to reopen, but we have only done so iñ a…