U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

Singh v. Holder

Singh v. Holder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 7, 2010 · Canby, Thomas, Fletcher
382 F. App'x 582

Singh v. Holder

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jaswinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of *583 Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Iturribarria v. INS, 821 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Singh’s motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed over one year after the BIA’s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Singh failed to establish changed circumstances in India to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limitation, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); see also Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 996-97 (9th Cir. 2008) (underlying adverse credibility determination rendered evidence of changed circumstances immaterial).

We lack jurisdiction to review Singh’s contention that he did not receive a full and fair removal hearing before the immigration judge because Singh failed to exhaust this contention to the BIA during his underlying removal proceedings. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid *583 ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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