Bhandari

Bhandari v. Gonzales

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229 F. App'x 468
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 23, 2007No. 05-76962California220 words

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Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Sunil Bhandari petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ *469 (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Bhandari’s motion to reopen as untimely because he filed it nearly 2 years after the BIA’s final order of removal and failed to demonstrate that he qualified for any exceptions to the ninety-day time limit. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i) (motion to reopen must be filed within ninety days of final order of removal). Bhandari failed to present new and material evidence of changed country conditions in India, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii) (no time limit on motion to reopen for asylum based on changed country conditions), and did not show that he was entitled to equitable tolling, see Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897 (deadline for filing motion to reopen can be equitably tolled “when petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due…

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