Kafshdar Goharian v. Holder

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366 F. App'x 797
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 22, 201007-71189California216 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Hossein Kafshdar Goharian, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his second motion to reopen proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Itumbarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Goharian’s motion to reopen as untimely because it was filed more than three years after the BIA’s final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), and Goharian failed to establish that he exercised due diligence to warrant tolling of the filing deadline, see Itumbarria, 321 F.3d at 897 (equitable tolling is available to a petitioner who establishes deception, fraud, or error in timely filing, and who exercised due diligence in discovering such circumstances); see also Singh v. Gonzales, 491 F.3d 1090, 1095-97 (9th Cir.2007).

We lack jurisdiction over the BIA’s April 2007 order because this petition is not timely as to that order. See Andia v. Ashcroft, 359 F.3d 1181 , 1183 n. 3 (9th Cir.2004) (per curiam).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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