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Zuheir Y. ALKOUR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 07-74214.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 29, 2010.
    
    Filed July 19, 2010.
    Ahmed M. Abdallah, Esquire, Hollywood, CA, for Petitioner.
    Jesse Matthew Bless, Liza Murcia, Jennifer Paisner Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, for Respondent.
    Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Zuheir Y. Alkour, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Perez v. Mukasey, 516 F.3d 770, 773 (9th Cir.2008), we deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Alkour’s motion to reopen because the evidence he submitted was insufficient to establish “exceptional circumstances.” See Celis-Castellano v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 888, 891-92 (9th Cir.2002). Accordingly, Alkour’s due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error for a petitioner to prevail on a due process claim).

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