Maksoudian

MEMORANDUM **

Jacques Garabet Maksoudian, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen, which alleged ineffective assistance of counsel, as well as the BIA’s order denying a subsequent motion to reconsider. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002), we deny the petitions for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in refusing to apply equitable tolling in this case. Equitable tolling of deadlines for motions to reopen applies “during periods when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due diligence in discovering the deception, fraud, or error.” Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003). Maksoudian’s admission that he waited almost two years for our decision in his prior petition for review before filing the motion to reopen at issue does not demonstrate the required due diligence. Accordingly, the BIA acted within its discretion in denying Maksoudian’s motion to reopen and his motion to reconsider on the…