Case Name: Jose De Jesus REYES RIVAS; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-10
Citations: 114 F. App'x 894
Docket Number: No. 02-73918
Parties: Jose De Jesus REYES RIVAS; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 114
Pages: 894–895

Head Matter:
Jose De Jesus REYES RIVAS; et al., Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-73918.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 6, 2004.
Decided Dec. 10, 2004.
Gary Finn, Esq., Attorney at Law, Indio, CA, for Petitioners.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose de Jesus Reyes Rivas and his wife Leticia Reyes-Gonzalez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, but review purely legal questions de novo. Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir.2004). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying as untimely petitioners' motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(c)(2) (imposing a ninety-day deadline after a final administrative decision to file a motion to reopen); 8 C.F.R. § 3.8(a) (requiring submission of a fee with a motion to reopen).
Assuming we have jurisdiction to consider petitioners' contentions concerning equitable tolling, including ineffective assistance of counsel, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in determining that tolling was not warranted. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 902 (9th Cir.2003).
We lack jurisdiction to consider whether the BIA should have exercised its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153 1159 (9th Cir.2002).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part and DENIED in part.
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.