Case Name: Roumen T. GRIGOROV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-05-09
Citations: 62 F. App'x 819
Docket Number: No. 02-70528; INS No. A72-153-831
Parties: Roumen T. GRIGOROV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before O’SCANNLAIN, GOULD, Circuit Judges, and BOLTON, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 62
Pages: 819–820

Head Matter:
Roumen T. GRIGOROV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-70528.
INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 7, 2003.
Decided May 9, 2003.
Before O’SCANNLAIN, GOULD, Circuit Judges, and BOLTON, District Judge.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Susan R. Bolton, United States District Court Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner contends that the BIA abused its discretion by not exercising its sua sponte authority under 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(a) to reopen the deportation proceeding. Because we do not have jurisdiction to review the BIA's refusal to reopen sua sponte, see Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002); Abassi v. INS, 305 F.3d 1028, 1033 (9th Cir.2002), the petition is DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.