Case Name: Leonardo MENDOZA SANDOVAL; Elizabeth De Mendoza Perez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-08
Citations: 212 F. App'x 628
Docket Number: No. 04-74256
Parties: Leonardo MENDOZA SANDOVAL; Elizabeth De Mendoza Perez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 212
Pages: 628–629

Head Matter:
Leonardo MENDOZA SANDOVAL; Elizabeth De Mendoza Perez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-74256.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 4, 2006 .
Filed Dec. 8, 2006.
Leonardo Mendoza Sandoval, Mira Loma, CA, pro se.
Elizabeth De Mendoza Perez, Mira Loma, CA, pro se.
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, Anh-Thu P. Mai, Esq. U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Leonardo Mendoza Sandoval and his wife, Elizabeth De Mendoza Perez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying their motion to reconsider the BIA's decision upholding the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order denying their application for cancellation of removal for failure to establish the requisite ten years of continuous physical presence. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reconsider. See Oh v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 611, 612 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying the petitioners' motion to reconsider as untimely. Id. Petitioners filed their motion to reconsider on June 28, 2004, over a year after the BIA issued its final decision on the merits on May 20, 2003. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(2) (motions to reconsider must be filed within 30 days of the BIA's decision).
Petitioners' opening brief argues the merits of their application for cancellation of removal. This court lacks jurisdiction to consider their argument because petitioners did not seek review of the BIA's underlying decision. See Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386, 405, 115 S.Ct. 1537, 131 L.Ed.2d 465 (1995) (the filing of a motion to reopen does not toll the underlying deportation order for purposes of review).
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 9th Cir. R. 36-3.