U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Maria Rojas De Gallardo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Maria Rojas De Gallardo v. Eric Holder, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 29, 2011 · Canby, O'Scannlain, Fisher
441 F. App'x 433

Maria Rojas De Gallardo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Rood Stuardo Pena, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision 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. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Pena’s motion to reopen because it was filed more than three years after his final administrative order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1), and Pena failed to demonstrate that he warranted equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir. 2003) *434 (equitable tolling available “when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due diligence”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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