Perez

MEMORANDUM **

Francisco Javier Fraire Perez petitions this court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen based upon the ineffective assistance of his counsel.

The regulations provide that, absent certain exceptional circumstances, a motion to reopen “must be filed no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered in the proceeding sought to be reopened.” See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2). This court, however, recognizes equitable tolling of deadlines on motions to reopen 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. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003). The BIA correctly found that petitioner had not established that his prior counsel’s ineffective assistance prevented him from filing a timely motion to reopen with the BIA, because petitioner was aware of the BIA’s dismissal of his appeal in April 2005, when he filed a pro se petition for review with this court. Therefore, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in finding that it…