Jin Rui Huang v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Jin Rui Huang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order adopting and affirming an immigration judge’s decisions denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia and his motion to reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion, Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004), amended by 404 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Huang’s motion to reopen as untimely because it was filed more than four years after the in absentia removal order. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(C)(i) (requiring motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances to be filed within 180 days of order of removal in absentia). Huang’s assertion that he did not know he could file a motion to reopen until he consulted with an attorney does not excuse his untimely filing because he has not alleged a basis for equitable tolling, nor has he shown that he acted with due diligence. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003).

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Huang’s…