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Kaur v. Barr

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 8, 2020
No. 17-71433 (9th Cir. Dec. 8, 2020)

Opinion

No. 17-71433

12-08-2020

GURJEET KAUR, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A095-574-966 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Gurjeet Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her motion to reopen her removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and review de novo questions of law. Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 581 (9th Cir. 2016). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Kaur does not raise a challenge to, and therefore waives, the BIA's determination that her motion to reopen was untimely and that she did not establish any statutory or regulatory exception to the filing deadline. See Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2013) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party's opening brief are waived).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's denial of sua sponte reopening, where Kaur has not raised a legal or constitutional error. See Bonilla, 840 F.3d at 588 ("[T]his court has jurisdiction to review Board decisions denying sua sponte reopening for the limited purpose of reviewing the reasoning behind the decisions for legal or constitutional error.").

Kaur's contention that the BIA failed to sufficiently explain its reasoning fails. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990-91 (9th Cir. 2010) (holding the BIA adequately considered evidence and sufficiently announced its decision).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.


Summaries of

Kaur v. Barr

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 8, 2020
No. 17-71433 (9th Cir. Dec. 8, 2020)
Case details for

Kaur v. Barr

Case Details

Full title:GURJEET KAUR, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent.

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Dec 8, 2020

Citations

No. 17-71433 (9th Cir. Dec. 8, 2020)