Case Name: Gilmar Humberto TORRES; Luz Aleyda Garcia, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-04-24
Citations: 472 F. App'x 742
Docket Number: No. 09-73067
Parties: Gilmar Humberto TORRES; Luz Aleyda Garcia, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 472
Pages: 742–743

Head Matter:
Gilmar Humberto TORRES; Luz Aleyda Garcia, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-73067.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 17, 2012.
Filed April 24, 2012.
Gilmar Humberto Torres, Baldwin Park, CA, pro se.
Luz Aleyda Garcia, Baldwin Park, CA, pro se.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Paul F. Stone, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BEA, 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
Gilmar Humberto Torres and Luz Aleyda Garcia, natives and citizens of Colombia, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying their motion to reopen. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for an abuse of discretion, Malty v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 942, 945 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners' motion to reopen to apply for asylum and withholding of removal as untimely because the motion was filed over five years after the BIA's final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and petitioners failed to present material evidence of changed circumstances in Colombia to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limitation for filing motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); see also Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 991 (9th Cir.2010).
The BIA also did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners' motion to reopen to apply for protection under the Convention Against Torture because it considered the evidence submitted and acted within its broad discretion in determining petitioners did not demonstrate prima facie eligibility for relief. See INS v. Abudu, 485 U.S. 94, 104, 108 S.Ct. 904, 99 L.Ed.2d 90 (1988) (the BIA may deny a motion to reopen for failure to establish a prima facie case for the underlying relief sought).
Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision not to exercise its sua sponte power to reopen proceedings. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir.2011).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.