Obeid

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 4 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALAA GHASSOUB OBEID, No. 21-865 Agency No. A095-282-938 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted April 19, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: TALLMAN, OWENS, and BADE, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge OWENS.

Alaa Ghassoub Obeid, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen

removal proceedings. Although Obeid’s motion to reopen was both time and

number barred, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(A), (C); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), he

argues that those limitations should have been equitably tolled because his prior

immigration counsel was ineffective. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. and review…