Case Name: Daniel Arturo Valencia PUEBLA; Rita Isela Ortiz Valenzuela, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-12-29
Citations: 305 F. App'x 401
Docket Number: No. 05-74189
Parties: Daniel Arturo Valencia PUEBLA; Rita Isela Ortiz Valenzuela, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 305
Pages: 401–402

Head Matter:
Daniel Arturo Valencia PUEBLA; Rita Isela Ortiz Valenzuela, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-74189.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 17, 2008.
Filed Dec. 29, 2008.
Susan E. Hill, Esq., Hill & Piibe, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioners.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Emily A. Radford, Esq., Patricia A. Smith, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, TROTT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Daniel Arturo Valencia Puebla and Rita Isela Ortiz Valenzuela, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying their motion to accept an untimely brief and dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we grant the petition for review and remand.
The BIA's order denying petitioners' motion states: "We find the reason stated by [petitioners] insufficient for us to accept the untimely brief in our exercise of discretion." The absence of a reasoned explanation by the BIA for denying the motion prevents us from "perform[ing] any meaningful appellate review." Garcia Gomez v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 1050, 1051 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam).
Because the BIA on remand could reach a different conclusion regarding petitioners' hardship and continuous physical presence determinations if it decides to consider petitioners' brief, we do not reach their other due process claims.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.