Franklin Nwagbo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Franklin Chukwuma Nwagbo, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings and to reissue its previous decision. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and reissue, Hemandez-Velas-quez v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1073, 1077 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Nwagbo’s motion as untimely, where the motion was filed more than eleven years after his removal order became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), and Nwagbo failed to show the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir.2011) (equitable tolling is available to a petitioner who is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud or error, and exercised due diligence in discovering such circumstances).

In light of this disposition, we do not reach Nwagbo’s remaining contentions.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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