U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2015

Hovhanes Karabekian v. Loretta E. Lynch

Hovhanes Karabekian v. Loretta E. Lynch
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 20, 2015 · Leavy, Callahan, Smith
604 F. App'x 607

Hovhanes Karabekian v. Loretta E. Lynch

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Lixin Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. 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 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Wang’s motion to reopen as untimely, where it was filed more than one year after the order of removal became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (a motion to reopen must be filed within 90 days of the final order of removal), and Wang has not established the due diligence necessary for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 678 (9th Cir. 2011) (the deadline for filing a motion to reopen can be equitably tolled “when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due diligence” in discovering such circumstances).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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