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Dolores Oswaldo Morales MEJIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 13-1252
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    Feb. 9, 2016.
    Rahul Chakravartty, Bridgeport, CT, for Petitioner.
    Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General, Francis W. Fraser, Senior Litigation Counsel, Dawn S. Conrad, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
    PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, B.D. PARKER, and GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner Dolores Oswaldo Morales Mejia, a native and citizen of Honduras, seeks review of a March 14, 2013, decision of the BIA denying his motion to reopen. In re Morales Mejia, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Mar. 14, 2013). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.

We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, remaining “mindful that motions to reopen are ‘disfavored.’” Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006) (quoting INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 322-23, 112 S.Ct. 719, 116 L.Ed.2d 823 (1992)); Kaur v. BIA, 413 F.3d 232, 233 (2d Cir.2005) (per curiam).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying reopening because Morales failed to submit an application for relief with his motion, as required under the regulations. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1).

For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.