Case Name: Damario VALDEZ-SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-02-19
Citations: 56 F. App'x 389
Docket Number: No. 02-70319; INS No. A29-286-837
Parties: Damario VALDEZ-SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 56
Pages: 389–390

Head Matter:
Damario VALDEZ-SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.
No. 02-70319.
INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 10, 2003.
Decided Feb. 19, 2003.
Before LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Damario Valdez-Salazar, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision denying his motions to reopen deportation proceedings to apply for adjustment of status. Because the transitional rules apply, see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147,1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for abuse of discretion the BIA's denial a motion to reopen, Sharma v. INS, 89 F.3d 545, 547 (9th Cir.1996), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA properly denied Valdez-Salazar's motions to reopen as untimely, see 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(c)(2), because the record indicates that the BIA mailed its decision to Valdez-Salazar's address of record, see Lee v. INS, 685 F.2d 343, 344 (9th Cir. 1982) (finding the BIA had complied with the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 3.1(f) by mailing a copy of its'decision to the petitioner's address of record).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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.