Case Name: Francisco Gamino CORONA; Margarita Sanchez Perez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-12
Citations: 234 F. App'x 546
Docket Number: No. 07-70079
Parties: Francisco Gamino CORONA; Margarita Sanchez Perez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 234
Pages: 546–547

Head Matter:
Francisco Gamino CORONA; Margarita Sanchez Perez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-70079.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 4, 2007 .
Filed June 12, 2007.
Francisco Gamino Corona, Anaheim, CA, pro se.
Margarita Sanchez Perez, Anaheim, 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, Gladys M. Steffens-Guzman, Esq., DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., M. Jocelyn Wright, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, RYMER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying petitioners' motion to reopen removal proceedings.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners' motion to reopen because the motion to reopen was untimely and did not meet any of the regulatory exceptions. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c); Rodriguez-Lariz v. INS, 282 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2002). Further, we lack jurisdiction to review whether the BIA should have sua sponte granted petitioners' motion to reopen despite its untimeliness because "the decision of the BIA whether to invoke its sua sponte authority is committed to its unfettered discretion." See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002).
Accordingly, respondent's motion for summary disposition in part and to dismiss in part this petition for review is granted.
All other pending motions are denied as moot. The temporary stay of removal confirmed by Ninth Circuit General Order 6.4(c) shall continue in effect until issuance of the mandate.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.