Marin

Marin v. Holder

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447 F. App'x 769
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 9, 2011No. 10-71965California243 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Arturo Gamaliel Marin, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Ghahremani v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 993, 997 (9th Cir.2007). We deny in part, and dismiss in part, the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Marin’s motion because it was filed more than nine years after his removal order became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23 (b)(4)(h), and Marin did not establish that he acted with the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1193 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc) (equitable tolling available where, despite due diligence, petitioner is unable to obtain vital information bearing on the existence *770 of a claim because of circumstances beyond petitioner’s control).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte…

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