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Kulbhushan KUMAR, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 15-73288
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted October 25, 2016 
    
    Filed November 1, 2016
    Viney K. Gupta, Esquire, Attorney, Immigration Law Office Appeals, Orange, CA, for Petitioner
    
      John M. McAdams, Jr., Erik R. Quick, Trial Attorney, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent
    Before: LEAVY, GRABER, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Kulbhushan Kumar, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen, Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010), and we review de novo due process claims in immigration proceedings, Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1011 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

We deny Kumar’s opposed motion to supplement the record on appeal. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Kumar’s motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed over two years after the BIA’s final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Kumar failed to demonstrate material changed circumstances in India to qualify for a regulatory exception to the time limitations for filing a motion to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 991-92 (evidence must be “qualitatively different” to warrant reopening). Kumar’s contentions that the BIA overlooked his facts and claims are unpersuasive. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990 (BIA “does not have to write an exegesis on every contention”).

The BIA also did not abuse its discretion in denying Kumar’s untimely motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel, where Kumar did not 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 a petitioner 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).

Kumar’s contention that the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen violated due process .is unpersuasive. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).

Finally, we deny Kumar’s renewed request for a stay of removal pending review.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is .not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.