ARTURO AGUIRRE-FLORES V. ERIC HOLDER, JR., No. 13-71528 (9th Cir. 2014)

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FILED AUG 15 2014 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ARTURO DE JESUS AGUIRREFLORES, No. 13-71528 Agency No. A029-255-866 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted August 13, 2014** Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Arturo De Jesus Aguirre-Flores, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge s denial of Aguirre-Flores motion to reopen deportation proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Urbina-Osejo v. INS, 124 F.3d 1314, 1316 (9th Cir. 1997). We deny the petition for review. The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying Aguirre-Flores motion to reopen because he did not demonstrate reasonable cause for failing to attend his 1990 deportation hearing. See id. (motion to reopen in absentia deportation hearing could be granted only if alien demonstrated reasonable cause for missing the hearing). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 13-71528

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