Victor Guardado-Rodriguez v. Eric Holder, Jr. , 530 F. App'x 623 ( 2013 )

FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 20 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
VICTOR MANUEL GUARDADO- No. 11-71907
RODRIGUEZ,
Agency No. A097-361-112
Petitioner,
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 18, 2013 **
Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Victor Manuel Guardado-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of Mexico,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying
his motion to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of
counsel and changed circumstances in Mexico. We have jurisdiction under
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to
reopen, Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 674 (9th Cir. 2011), and we deny the
petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Guardado-Rodriguez’s
motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed five months after the
BIA’s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (motion to reopen must be filed
within 90 days of final order), and Guardado-Rodriguez failed to show the due
diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan, 646
F.3d at 680-81 (petitioner “[a]pparently . . . took no affirmative steps to
investigate” whether prior counsel adequately prepared claim); Singh v. Gonzales,
491 F.3d 1090, 1096 (9th Cir 2007) (no evidence in record of any actions taken,
after becoming suspicious of the fraud, until meeting with present counsel). Nor
did the BIA abuse its discretion in denying Guardado-Rodriguez’s motion to
reopen as untimely, where Guardado-Rodriguez failed to establish material
evidence of changed circumstances in Mexico to qualify for the regulatory
exception to the time limitation. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); see also 8 C.F.R.
§ 1003.2(c)(1) (“A motion to reopen proceedings shall state the new facts that will
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be proven at a hearing to be held if the motion is granted and shall be supported by
affidavits or other evidentiary material.”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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