Case Name: Francisco Jose VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-15
Citations: 485 F. App'x 867
Docket Number: No. 10-71773
Parties: Francisco Jose VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 485
Pages: 867–868

Head Matter:
Francisco Jose VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-71773.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
Filed Oct. 15, 2012.
Francisco Jose Vasquez, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Regina Byrd, Esquire, Oil, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Francisco Jose Vasquez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order vacating an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision granting suspension of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing de novo questions of law, Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 822 (9th Cir.2011), we grant the petition for review.
The IJ acted within her authority when she reopened proceedings to consider Vasquez's application for relief from deportation after she rescinded his lawful permanent residence status under 8 U.S.C. § 1256. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1) (an IJ may at any time reopen or reconsider any case in which she made a decision, unless jurisdiction is vested with the BIA). It follows that the BIA erred in finding that on remand, the IJ was without jurisdiction to grant Vasquez suspension of deportation. See Matter of Patel, 16 I. & N. Dec. 600, 601 (BIA 1978). We therefore grant the petition for review with instructions to remand to the IJ so that she may conclude Vasquez's deportation proceedings.
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.