Opinion ID: 2731238
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The BIA's Sua Sponte Reconsideration

Text: Guerrero appealed this decision to the BIA on December 20, 2010. Three days later, on December 23, 2010, INS filed a motion to vacate the June 4, 2008 sua sponte reopening order. On December 27, 2012, the BIA issued its decision -- the subject of this appeal -- determining that its June 4, 2008 order sua sponte reopening proceedings was issued in error. Citing legal and factual errors in its prior decision to sua sponte reopen proceedings, the BIA reconsidered the June 4, 2008 decision, and ultimately denied Guerrero's March 17, 2008 motion to reconsider. Accordingly, the BIA granted INS's motion to vacate; vacated its own June 4, 2008 sua sponte order, as well as the IJ's November 22, 2010 decision ordering Guerrero's deportation; denied Guerrero's March 17, 2008 motion to reconsider; and dismissed Guerrero's appeal from the IJ's November 22, 2010 decision as moot. The BIA then declared that its January 23, 2002 deportation order remained in effect. 11 A motion to reopen or to reconsider shall not be made by or on behalf of a person who is the subject of removal, deportation, or exclusion proceedings subsequent to his or her departure from the United States. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1). -8-