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Nikolay Krastev GECHEV, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-71719.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 24, 2013.
    
    Filed July 31, 2013.
    Sergei Shevchenko, Barshev, P.C., Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
    Nikolay Krastev Gechev, North Hollywood, CA, pro se.
    Karen L. Melnik, Trial, OIL, DOJ-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: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, and . CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Nikolay Krastev Gechev, a native and citizen of Bulgaria, 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 review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1011 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Gechev’s untimely motion to reopen because he did not establish changed circumstances in Bulgaria to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limit. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(h); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 988-89, 991 (evidence of conditions similar to those in evidence at prior proceedings was not “qualitatively different”; exception under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(h) is only for changed circumstances arising in country of nationality, not self-induced change in personal circumstances). We reject Gechev’s contention that the BIA erred in its consideration of his motion under Judulang v. Holder, — U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 476, 181 L.Ed.2d 449 (2011).

Finally, we reject Gechev’s contention that the BIA denied him due process in refusing to reissue its December 18, 2002, order dismissing his appeal. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on due process challenge to proceedings); Singh v. Gonzales, 491 F.3d 1090, 1096-97 (9th Cir.2007) (petitioner did not show due diligence where he did not consult new attorney until about 5 months after becoming suspicious of prior attorney’s fraud).

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