ALBERTINA GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND, No. 15-70624 (9th Cir. 2021)
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED MAY 5 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ALBERTINA GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, No. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS 15-70624 Agency No. A098-652-147 v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted April 30, 2021** Before: GRABER, FRIEDLAND, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges. Albertina Gonzalez-Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Cano-Merida * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir. 2002). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review. We previously concluded that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Gonzalez-Gonzalez’s motion to reconsider; that she had not raised a colorable due process claim; and that we lack jurisdiction to consider her contention that her case warrants a favorable exercise of jurisdiction. See Gonzalez-Gonzalez v. Holder, 540 F. App’x 663, 663 (9th Cir. 2013). To the extent that Gonzalez-Gonzalez now challenges the agency’s decision as to the merits of her application for asylum and other relief from removal, we lack jurisdiction to review that decision because it was issued in February 2011, and Gonzalez-Gonzalez did not file this petition for review until February 2015. See Singh v. Lynch, 835 F.3d 880, 882 (9th Cir. 2016) (“A petition for review must be filed not later than 30 days after the date of the final order of removal. This deadline is mandatory and jurisdictional.”) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Gonzalez-Gonzalez’s motion to reopen. As the BIA concluded, she did not introduce new evidence that would likely have changed the outcome of her case. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); Shin v. Mukasey, 547 F.3d 1019, 1025 (9th Cir. 2008) (“Aliens who seek to remand or reopen proceedings to pursue relief bear a ‘heavy burden’ of proving that, if 2 15-70624 proceedings were reopened, the new evidence would likely change the result in the case.”) (quoting Matter of Coelho, 20 I. & N. Dec. 464, 473 (BIA 1992)). The temporary stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 3 15-70624
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