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Kaleb Joram KODONGAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-73827.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 21, 2015.
    
    Filed Jan. 29, 2015.
    Kathleen Siok-Sien Koh, Esquire, Law Office of Kathleen S. Koh, Whittier, CA, for Petitioner.
    OIL, Katherine Ann Smith, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: CANBY, GOULD, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Kaleb Joram Kodongan, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA-did not abuse its discretion in denying Kodongan’s untimely motion to reopen for failure to establish prima facie eligibility for the relief sought. See id. (explaining the BIA can deny a motion to reopen based on at least three independent grounds, including “failure to establish a prima facie case for the relief sought”); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1065 (9th Cir.2009) (even under disfavored group analysis, petitioner must present some evidence of individualized risk); Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008) (petitioner failed to demonstrate it is more likely than not petitioner would be tortured if returned). We reject Ko-dongan’s contention that the BIA erred in denying his motion to reopen on this basis.

Further, in light of the court’s decision in Kodongan v. Mukasey, 300 Fed.Appx. 565 (9th Cir.2008), the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen to apply our decisions in Wakkary, 558 F.3d at 1049, and Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1056 (9th Cir.2010).

This dismissal is without prejudice to petitioner’s seeking prosecutorial discretion or deferred action from the Department of Homeland Security. See Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (AADC), 525 U.S. 471, 483-85, 119 S.Ct. 936, 142 L.Ed.2d 940 (1999) (stating that prosecutorial discretion by the agency can be granted at any stage, including after the conclusion of judicial review).

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