Luis Aguilar Mejia v. Loretta E. Lynch
Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Luis Mauricio Aguilar Mejia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, 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, *579 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Aguilar Mejia’s motion to reopen as untimely, where the motion was filed more than six years after his final order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), he has not demonstrated that he warrants equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir. 2011) (requiring due diligence for equitable tolling), and he failed to present sufficient evidence of changed country conditions in El Salvador to qualify for the regulatory exception to the filing deadline, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); see also Almaraz v. Holder, 608 F.3d 638, 640 (9th Cir. 2010) (“[E]ven if a change in personal circumstances is sufficient to file a successive asylum petition under [8 U.S.C.] § 1158(a)(2)(D), a change in country conditions must still be demonstrated if the accompanying motion to reopen is untimely.”).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Aguilar Mejia’s remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Luis Mauricio Aguilar MEJIA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
- Status
- Unpublished