context: Instead, the provision merely provides the BIA the discretion to reopen immigration proceedings as it sees fit. Federal circuit courts consistently have interpreted the provision in this way.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: denying petition to reopen but noting that the BIA could have reopened the deportation proceeding under 8 C.F.R. SS 3.2(a
citation_a.sentence: See Mejia Rodriguez, 178 F.3d at 1145 n.5 (denying petition to reopen but noting that the BIA could have reopened the deportation proceeding under 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(a)); Karapetian v. INS, 162 F.3d 933, 937 (7th Cir.1998) (same); see also Wright, 171 F.3d at 9 (describing 3.2(a) as a discretionary provision under which the BIA at its own initiative can reopen proceedings).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 171 F.3d 9, 9
citation_b.parenthetical: describing 3.2(a) as a discretionary provision under which the BIA at its own initiative can reopen proceedings
citation_b.sentence: See Mejia Rodriguez, 178 F.3d at 1145 n.5 (denying petition to reopen but noting that the BIA could have reopened the deportation proceeding under 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(a)); Karapetian v. INS, 162 F.3d 933, 937 (7th Cir.1998) (same); see also Wright, 171 F.3d at 9 (describing 3.2(a) as a discretionary provision under which the BIA at its own initiative can reopen proceedings).