Flores

MEMORANDUM ***

Nicolas Flores, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his motion to reopen his deportation proceedings. Because the transitional rules apply, see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir. 1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Sharma v. INS, 89 F.3d 545, 547 (9th Cir.1996). We deny the petition for review.

The IJ did not abuse her discretion in denying Flores’s motion to reopen as untimely under 8 C.F.R. § 3.23 (b)(1) (2002), because the record shows it was filed on December 6, 2001, more than 90 days after the January 7, 2000 final order of deportation. See Taniguchi v. Schultz, 303 F.3d 950, 955 (9th Cir.2002). We do not consider the possibility of ineffective assistance of counsel or equitable tolling, because Flores did not raise these issues on appeal to the BIA, see id., and Flores has waived these contentions by failing to present them to this court, see id.

We lack jurisdiction to consider Flores’s contentions regarding the merits of the…