MEMORANDUM **

Kadhim H. A1 Bumohammed, a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir. 2002), we deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying A1 Bumohammed’s motion to reopen where he failed to establish exceptional circumstances, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(l), and failed to establish that the denial of the motion to reopen would lead to the “unconscionable result” of the removal of an individual with an obviously valid claim for relief, cf. Singh, 295 F.3d at 1040.

A1 Bumohammed’s remaining contentions are not persuasive.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.