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Ortiz v. Holder

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 12, 2012
485 F. App'x 251 (9th Cir. 2012)

Opinion

No. 11-72111 Agency No. A073-809-632

10-12-2012

PANUNCIO MUNOZ ORTIZ, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


On Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Panuncio Munoz Ortiz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 678 (9th Cir. 2011). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Ortiz's motion to reopen as untimely where he filed the motion more than four years after his final order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (motion to reopen must be filed within 90 days of final order), and failed to show the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 679-80 (equitable tolling is available to a petitioner who is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud or error, and exercised due diligence in discovering such circumstances).

In light of our disposition, we need not reach Ortiz's remaining contentions.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Ortiz v. Holder

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 12, 2012
485 F. App'x 251 (9th Cir. 2012)
Case details for

Ortiz v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:PANUNCIO MUNOZ ORTIZ, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Oct 12, 2012

Citations

485 F. App'x 251 (9th Cir. 2012)