MOISES FORTIN MIRALDA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH, No. 14-73115 (9th Cir. 2016)
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED AUG 3 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOISES FORTIN MIRALDA, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 14-73115 Petitioner, v. Agency No. A072-543-229 MEMORANDUM* LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 26, 2016** Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. Moises Fortin Miralda, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his 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 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). claims of due process violations in removal proceedings. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review. The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Fortin Miralda’s second motion to reopen as untimely and number-barred, where it was filed over 17 years after the agency’s final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and he failed to establish materially changed circumstances in Honduras to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limitation, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); see also Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010) (the BIA may deny a motion to reopen for failure to establish a prima facie case for the underlying relief sought). We reject Fortin Miralda’s contention that the BIA violated due process by failing to consider evidence. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990-91 (finding the Board adequately considered petitioner’s evidence and sufficiently announced its decision); Larita-Martinez v. INS, 220 F.3d 1092, 1095-96 (9th Cir. 2000) (“an applicant attempting to establish that the Board violated his right to due process by failing to consider relevant evidence must overcome the presumption that it did review the evidence”). We lack jurisdiction to consider Fortin Miralda’s argument that the filing deadline for his motion to reopen should have been equitably tolled because he 2 14-73115 failed to raise it to the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004). Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See Go v. Holder, 744 F.3d 604, 60910 (9th Cir. 2014); cf. Bonilla v. Lynch, No. 12-73853, 2016 WL 3741866 (9th Cir. July 12, 2016). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 3 14-73115
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