MEMORANDUM **

Marlon Brando Aceituno-Alvarez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming, without opinion, the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings conducted in absentia in 1994. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion, see Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir. 2004), amended by 404 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny the petition for review.

The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying Aceituno-Alvarez’ motion to reopen where, as Aceituno-Alvarez concedes, he failed to appear for his immigration hearing on May 27, 1994 after he was personally served with an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Hearing and did not demonstrate that his failure to appear was because of exceptional circumstances. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(c)(3) (1994); see also Flores-Chavez v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 1150, 1155 (9th Cir. 2004).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.