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Rigoberto Segura RODRIGUEZ; et al., Petitioners, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 12-73083
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted November 16, 2016 
    
    Filed November 23, 2016
    Rigoberto Segura Rodriguez, Pro Se.
    Ana Maria Segura Comparan, Pro Se.
    Sergio Alberto Segura Comparan, Pro Se.
    Juan Carlos Seura Comparan, Pro Se.
    Josué Omar Segura Comparan, Pro Se.
    Chief Counsel ICE, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COUNSEL, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Terri Jane Scadron, Assistant Director, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: LEAVY, BERZON, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Rigoberto Segura Rodriguez and Ana Maria Segura Comparan, and their children Sergio Alberto Segura Comparan, Jo-sué Omar Segura Comparan, and Juan Carlos Segura Comparan, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their 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 constitutional claims. Hernandez-Velasquez v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1073, 1077 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion or violate due process in denying the motion to reopen as untimely, where the motion was filed more than six years after the final administrative order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1008.2(c)(2), and petitioners failed to 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 an alien 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); Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (to prevail on a due process challenge, an alien must show error and prejudice).

Petitioners’ contention that the BIA did not sufficiently address their contentions is not supported by the record.

Because the timeliness determination is dispositive, we do not reach petitioners’ contentions regarding compliance with Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), the competency of former counsel’s representation, or their eligibility for asylum and related relief.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s decision not to administratively close proceedings. See Diaz-Covarrubias v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 1114, 1120 (9th Cir. 2009) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review the denial of administrative closure for lack of a sufficiently meaningful standard to evaluate the decision). We also lack jurisdiction to consider petitioners’ unexhausted contention regarding the immigration judge’s exercise of discretion. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004) (8 U.S.C. “§ 1252(d)(1) mandates exhaustion and therefore generally bars us, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, from reaching the merits of a legal claim not presented in administrative proceedings below.”)

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