Case: 18-60529 Document: 00515141473 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/02/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 18-60529 FILED Summary Calendar October 2, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk TATIARA PINHO-DE OLIVEIRA, Petitioner v. WILLIAM P. BARR, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A098 712 495 Before JOLLY, JONES, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Tatiara Pinho-De Oliveira, a native and citizen of Brazil, petitions this court for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen her removal proceedings to pursue relief under the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”). She argues that the BIA abused its discretion because it did not waive the one-year time limitation under 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(iv) based on its determination that she did not * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Case: 18-60529 Document: 00515141473 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/02/2019 No. 18-60529 demonstrate extraordinary circumstances or that her children would suffer extreme hardship if she were removed from the United States. Pinho-De Oliveira argues that she has shown extraordinary circumstances because she suffered abuse from her husband. She also asserts that her very young children will suffer extreme hardship if she is removed from the United States. In addition, she contends that her husband’s act of filing for divorce while her first motion to reopen was pending was an extraordinary circumstance that should have tolled the time for filing her motion to reopen under the VAWA. Generally, a motion to reopen must be filed within 90 days of the entry of a final order of removal. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i). However, a one-year limitation period applies to a battered spouse seeking relief under the VAWA if the alien meets the four requirements listed in the statute. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(iv)(III). The Attorney General has the discretion to waive this time limitation if the alien demonstrates either extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship to the alien’s child. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(iv). Pinho-De Oliveira’s motion to reopen was not filed within one year of the entry of the final removal order. The motion was untimely, and the BIA did not exercise its discretion to waive the delay because she had shown neither extraordinary circumstances nor that her children would suffer extreme hardship because the outcome of the divorce proceeding was speculative. We do not have jurisdiction to review a decision of the BIA in a removal proceeding, except for an asylum ruling, “which is specified under [the relevant subchapter at issue in this case] to be in the discretion of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security.” 8 U.S.C. § 252(a)(2)(B)(ii). We retain jurisdiction to consider constitutional claims and questions of law. § 1252(a)(2)(D). 2 Case: 18-60529 Document: 00515141473 Page: 3 Date Filed: 10/02/2019 ...
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