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Ibrahima MBODJI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    Nos. 12-74126, 11-73517.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 17, 2013.
    
    Filed Jan. 3, 2014.
    Ibrahima Mbodji, Gadsden, AL, pro se.
    Kiley L. Kane, Esquire, OIL, 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: GOODWIN, WALLACE, 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

In these consolidated petitions for review, Ibrahima Mbodji, a native and citizen of Senegal, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) October 27, 2011, and November 23, 2012, orders denying his motions to reopen removal proceedings. 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, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petitions for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Mbodji’s motions to reopen as untimely because both motions were filed over four years after the BIA’s final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and, in both motions, Mbodji failed to present sufficient evidence of changed circumstances in Senegal to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limit for filing motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Malty v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 942, 945 (9th Cir.2004) (“The critical question is ... whether circumstances have changed sufficiently that a petitioner who previously did not have a legitimate claim for asylum now has a well-founded fear of future persecution.”).

We do not consider Mbodji’s argument that the BIA failed to provide a rational explanation for its decision because Mbdoji raised this contention for the first time in his reply brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996).

We reject Mbodji’s contentions that the BIA violated his due process rights by denying his motions and not considering his evidence. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (petitioner must show error and prejudice to establish a due process violation).

Finally, Mbodji’s contention that the BIA misconstrued its authority to reopen sua sponte is not supported by the record.

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