EDUARDO MATA-MENDOZA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH, No. 14-70393 (9th Cir. 2015)
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FILED DEC 16 2015 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EDUARDO ANTONIO MATAMENDOZA, No. 14-70393 Agency No. A074-374-815 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted December 9, 2015** Before: WALLACE, RAWLINSON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges. Eduardo Antonio Mata-Mendoza, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s order denying his motion to reopen proceedings conducted in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 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. Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 674 (9th Cir. 2011). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review. The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Mata-Mendoza’s motion to reopen as untimely where it was filed fifteen years after his deportation order became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(iii)(A)(1), and Mata-Mendoza failed to show the due diligence necessary for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 679 (equitable tolling of the filing deadline is available to a petitioner who establishes that he was prevented from filing because of deception, fraud or error, and acted with due diligence in discovering such circumstances). Mata-Mendoza’s contentions that the agency did not state the relevant factors or apply the correct legal standard in evaluating his motion to reopen is not supported by the record. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010). To the extent Mata-Mendoza now claims notice of his hearing was not proper, we lack jurisdiction to consider this unexhausted contention. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010). 2 14-70393 We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s decision declining to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen. Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir. 2011). In light of our disposition, we need not reach Mata-Mendoza’s remaining contentions. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 3 14-70393
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