Maria Balicat Oliveros v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Maria Balicat Oliveros and her five daughters, natives and citizens of the Philippines, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their 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 the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ September 30, 2008, motion to reopen as untimely because it was filed over three years after the BIA’s final order of removal, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i) (generally, a motion to reopen must be filed within 90 days of final order of removal), and petitioners did not show they were entitled to equitable tolling, see Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897 (deadline for filing 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 light of this disposition, petitioners’ remaining contention is unavailing.