Case Name: German Yovany Ventura CANALES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-01
Citations: 398 F. App'x 231
Docket Number: No. 07-72411
Parties: German Yovany Ventura CANALES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 398
Pages: 231–232

Head Matter:
German Yovany Ventura CANALES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-72411.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2010.
Filed Oct. 1, 2010.
German Yovany Ventura Canales, pro se.
Andrea Gevas, Oil, Stacy Stiffel Paddack, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
German Yovany Ventura Canales, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") order denying his motion to reopen depor tation proceedings conducted in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Chaidez v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 1079, 1082 (9th Cir.2007), and for abuse of discretion the denial of motions to reopen, Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2002). We grant in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The IJ abused his discretion by applying to Ventura Canales' Order to Show Cause a presumption of proper delivery that applies only to notices of hearing. See Chaidez, 486 F.3d at 1085. We remand for the BIA to apply the proper legal standard when determining whether the government met its burden of establishing proper service. See generally INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-17, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam); see also Chaidez, 486 F.3d at 1087.
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153,1159 (9th Cir.2002).
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED in part; DISMISSED in part; and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.