Guitierrez v. Holder

MEMORANDUM ^**

Arturo Lopez Guitierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) 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, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Lopez Guitierrez’s motion to reopen as untimely because he filed the motion more than ten years after the IJ’s November 14, 1996, order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(iii), and Lopez Guitierrez failed to establish that he acted with the due diligence required for equitable tolling, see Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897; cf. Ghahremani v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 993, 1000 (9th Cir.2007) (due diligence where petitioner made “unbroken efforts” to remedy his immigration status).

Lopez Guitierrez also argues that the BIA ignored his request to reopen sua sponte. We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s refusal to reopen removal proceedings sua sponte. See Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 993 n. 8 (9th Cir.2008).

We lack jurisdiction to review Lopez Guitierrez’s contention regarding his underlying removal order because he did not exhaust that contention before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).

Lopez Guitierrez’s remaining contention is not persuasive.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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