Case Name: Dolores Candelaria ESTEBAN-MANUEL and Juan Esteban-Manuel, Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-11-03
Citations: 700 F. App'x 750
Docket Number: No. 15-73252
Parties: Dolores Candelaria ESTEBAN-MANUEL and Juan Esteban-Manuel, Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 700
Pages: 750–750

Head Matter:
Dolores Candelaria ESTEBAN-MANUEL and Juan Esteban-Manuel, Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-73252
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 23, 2017
Filed November 3, 2017
Cornell Eugene Kirby, Law Office of Cornell Kirby, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners
Brett F. Kinney, OIL, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
Before: LEAVY, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, 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
Dolores Candelaria Esteban-Manuel and Juan Esteban-Manuel, natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying their motio.n to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Sembiring v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 981, 985 (9th Cir. 2007). We grant the petition for review and remand.
The agency abused its discretion in denying petitioners' motion to reopen where it relied on conjecture in petitioner's affidavit regarding the possible discarding of mail, and did not consider all of the evidence that petitioners offered to rebut the presumption of delivery. See id. at 986-88 (describing evidence relevant to overcome presumption of effective service by regular mail); Salta v. INS, 314 F.3d 1076, 1079 (9th Cir. 2002) ("delivery by regular mail does not raise the same 'strong presumption' [of delivery] as certified mail, and less should be required to rebut such a presumption."). On remand, the BIA should consider as part of its notice analysis petitioners' compliance with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-in order both before and after the in absentia removal order was entered. See Sembiring, 499 F.3d at 989 (lack of motive to avoid immigration proceedings is a factor to be considered).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.