Brooks

Brooks v. Holder

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473 F. App'x 738
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 25, 2012No. 10-73941California282 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Karla Ivette Brooks, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her motion to reopen and rescind her in *739 absentia removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s findings of fact, review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo due process claims. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Brooks’ motion to reopen where she filed the motion more than a year and a half after her final order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23 (b)(4)(iii), and did not establish that she acted with the due diligence required for equitable tolling, see Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1193 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc). It follows that Brooks’ due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice for a petitioner to prevail on a due process claim).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in declining to…

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