TIGRAN SARGSYAN and NADIA KHUDANYAN v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TIGRAN SARGSYAN and NADIA
KHUDANYAN,
Petitioners,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 16-71347
Agency Nos. A075-608-437
A075-582-109
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 13, 2018**
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Tigran Sargsyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, and Nadia Khudanyan, a
native of Iran and citizen of Armenia, petition for review of the Board of
Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen removal
proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
FEB 22 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen. Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d
988, 992 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ untimely motion
to reopen, where they failed to demonstrate prima facie eligibility for relief. See id.
at 966.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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