Case Name: Luis Gerardo OROZCO-MORALES, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-23
Citations: 109 F. App'x 949
Docket Number: No. 03-72212; Agency No. A74-818-761
Parties: Luis Gerardo OROZCO-MORALES, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 109
Pages: 949–950

Head Matter:
Luis Gerardo OROZCO-MORALES, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-72212.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 13, 2004.
Decided Sept. 23, 2004.
Luis Gerardo Orozco-Morales, May-wood, CA, pro se.
Regional Counsel, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Luis Gerardo Orozco-Morales, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA" or "Board") denying as untimely his motion to reconsider or reopen. Because the transitional rules apply, Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for an abuse of discretion, Celis-Castellano v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 888, 890-91 (9th Cir.2002), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Because Petitioner's motion was filed nearly nine months after the BIA's final decision, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Petitioner's motion to reopen or reconsider as untimely. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(2) ("A motion to reconsider a decision must be filed with the Board within 30 days after the mailing of the Board decision"); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (A motion to reopen "must be filed no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered in the proceeding sought to be reopened").
We lack jurisdiction to consider Petitioner's contentions regarding the BIA's application of the "stop-time" rule because this petition for review is untimely as to the BIA's February 13, 2002 order. See Narayan v. INS, 105 F.3d 1335 (9th Cir.1997) (order).
Petitioner's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED 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.