Case Name: LI PING DONG, AKA Sandy Mikyung Cho, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-28
Citations: 700 F. App'x 47
Docket Number: 16-1137
Parties: LI PING DONG, AKA Sandy Mikyung Cho, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, GERARD E. LYNCH, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 700
Pages: 47–49

Head Matter:
LI PING DONG, AKA Sandy Mikyung Cho, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
16-1137
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
July 28, 2017
FOR PETITIONER: Meer M. M. Rah-man, New York, NY.
FOR RESPONDENT: Chad A. Readier, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Anthony P. Nicastro, Assistant Director; D. Nicholas Harling, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, GERARD E. LYNCH, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Li Ping Dong, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a March 17, 2016, decision of the BIA denying her motion to reopen. In re Li Ping Dong, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Mar. 17, 2016). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
"We review the denial of motions to reopen immigration proceedings for abuse of discretion." Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir. 2006). The BIA denied reopening on two grounds. Dong does not dispute that her motion—her second request to reopen filed twelve years after her removal order—was untimely and number-barred. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(A), (C)(i); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). Nor does she dispute that an application for adjustment of status does not fall into any exception to those limits. See Matter of Yauri, 25 I. & N. Dec. 103, 105 (B.I.A. 2009) ("[E]mphasiz[ing] that untimely motions to reopen to pursue an application for adjustment of status . do not fall within any of the statutory or regulatory exceptions to the time limits for motions to reopen before the Board.").'
Thus, Dong's request necessarily invoked the BIA's authority to reopen her proceedings sua sponte. See Mahmood v. Holder, 570 F.3d 466, 469 (2d Cir. 2009) ("Because Mahmood's untimely motion to reopen was not excused by any regulatory exception, his motion to reopen could only be considered upon exercise of the Agency's sua sponte authority."); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). The BIA's determination as to whether it will exercise its sua sponte authority "is entirely discretionary" and thus beyond the scope of our jurisdiction. See Ali, 448 F.3d at 518. Although we may remand if the BIA declines to reopen sua sponte "because it misperceived the legal background and thought, incorrectly, that a reopening would necessarily fail," Mahmood, 570 F.3d at 469, the BIA's decision does not reflect any such misperception.
Petitioner's reliance on Sheng Gao Ni v. Board of Immigration Appeals, 520 F.3d 125 (2d Cir. 2008), is misplaced. In Sheng Gao Ni, we remanded because the BIA incorrectly assumed that the petitioners sought to have the BIA adjudicate their adjustment of status applications, rather than continue proceedings. 520 F.3d at 130. Dong's adjustment application has already been denied, and thus there was no basis for a continuance. Moreover, here, the BIA did not conclude that it lacked jurisdiction; it simply found that Dong did not establish exceptional circumstances that would warrant reopening. Dong does not identify any basis to challenge this dispositive determination.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DISMISSED.