MEMORANDUM **

Samuel Woldesemait, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Woldesemait’s motion to reopen because the motion was filed more than 15 years after the BIA’s February 7, 1994, order dismissing the underlying appeal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Woldese-mait failed to demonstrate that he acted with the due diligence required to warrant equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.