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NS , 345 F . 3d 777, 782 ( 9th C i r . 2003) , a nd w e di s m i s s i n pa rta nd d e n yi n p a rtth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. W e l a c k j ur i s di c t i on t o r e vi e w the B I A ’ s de c i s i on nott o i nvoke i t s s ua s p o n te au th o r ityto r e o p e n p r o c e e d in g s u n d e r8 C .F .R . § 1 0 0 3 .2 ( a ) . See Eki m i an v. I NS , 3 0 3 F .3 d1 1 5 3 , 1 1 5 9 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 2 ) . T he B IA di d n otabuse i t s di sc re t i on i n d enyi ng O rt ega’ s m ot i on t o reopen as u n tim e lyb e c au s e it w a s f ile do v e ro n e y e a ra f

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r e m ova l ) , a nd O rt e gadi d note s t abl i s h tha ta nyof the e n u m e r a te de x c e p tio n s to th e tim e lin e s s ru le ap p ly , se e 8 C . F . R . § 1 00 3. 2(c) (3), n o rd ids h e s h o w s h e w a s e n title dto e q u itab le to llin g , s e e I tu rr i b a rr i a v . I

NS , 321 F . 3d 889, 897 ( 9th C i r . 2003) ( de a dl i ne f orf i l i ng m ot i on t o r e ope n c a n be e qui t abl yt ol l e d “ w he n pe t i t i one ri s pr e ve nt e d f r om f i l i ng be c aus e of

de c e pt i on, fr aud, or error, as l on g as the pet i t i on erac t s w i th d ue di l i gence”) . T he r e c or d be l i e s O rt e ga ’ s c ont e nt i on tha tthe B I A abus e d i t s di s c r e t i on by f a ilin g to o f

f e rar e a s o n e de x p la n a tio n f o rits d e n ia l. See C el is- Castellan o v. A s h c r o ft , 2 9 8 F . 3 d8 8 8 , 8 9 1 (9 th C i r. 2 0 0 2 ) (u n l ess B IA act edarb i trari l y, irr a tio n a lly , o rc o n tr a ryto la w , C o u rt o f A p p e a ls s h o u ldn o t d is tu rb its ru lin g ) .A R/ Res ea r ch 06- 73494 3 F in a lly , O rte g a ’s c o n te n tio n th a t th e a g e n c yv io la te dh e rdu e p r o c e s s r ig h t to fam i l y u n i ty i s fo recl o sedb y D e Mercado v. Mukasey , 56 6 F . 3d 81 0, 81 6 (9th C i r. 2 0 0 9 ) .P E T I T I O N F O R R E V I E W D I S M I S S E D in p a r t a n d D E N I E D in p a r t .