Opinion
No. 12-73083
11-23-2016
RIGOBERTO SEGURA RODRIGUEZ; et al., Petitioners, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Agency Nos. A097-364-453 A097-364-454 A097-364-455 A097-364-456 A097-364-457 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: LEAVY, BERZON, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Rigoberto Segura Rodriguez and Ana Maria Segura Comparan, and their children Sergio Alberto Segura Comparan, Josue Omar Segura Comparan, and Juan Carlos Segura Comparan, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo constitutional claims. Hernandez-Velasquez v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1073, 1077 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion or violate due process in denying the motion to reopen as untimely, where the motion was filed more than six years after the final administrative order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and petitioners failed to establish the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir. 2011) (equitable tolling is available to an alien who is prevented from timely filing a motion to reopen due to deception, fraud, or error, as long as petitioner exercises due diligence in discovering such circumstances); Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (to prevail on a due process challenge, an alien must show error and prejudice).
Petitioners' contention that the BIA did not sufficiently address their contentions is not supported by the record.
Because the timeliness determination is dispositive, we do not reach petitioners' contentions regarding compliance with Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), the competency of former counsel's representation, or their eligibility for asylum and related relief.
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's decision not to administratively close proceedings. See Diaz-Covarrubias v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 1114, 1120 (9th Cir. 2009) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review the denial of administrative closure for lack of a sufficiently meaningful standard to evaluate the decision). We also lack jurisdiction to consider petitioners' unexhausted contention regarding the immigration judge's exercise of discretion. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004) (8 U.S.C. "§ 1252(d)(1) mandates exhaustion and therefore generally bars us, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, from reaching the merits of a legal claim not presented in administrative proceedings below.")
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.