Xing Kun Zou v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Xing Kun Zou, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the *580 Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying his motion to reconsider its previous decision affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings conducted in absentia. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Zou’s motion to reconsider, because Zou failed to demonstrate an error of fact or law in the BIA’s prior determination that service of Zou’s notice of hearing was proper. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(1); Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 895 (9th Cir.2003). Accordingly, the BIA’s decision to deny reconsideration was within its discretion and was not “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law.” Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2002) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

To the extent Zou challenges the BIA’s initial dismissal of his appeal, we lack jurisdiction as he failed to petition for review within…