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Onyekachukwu Ngozi ENUNWE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 12-70777.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 24, 2013.
    
    Filed July 31, 2013.
    Zulu Ali, Zulu Abdullah Ali, Riverside, CA, for Petitioner.
    Lynda Do, 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

Onyekachukwu Ngozi Enunwe, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of her motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Popa v. Holder, 571 F.3d 890, 894 (9th Cir.2009). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Enunwe’s motion to reopen where Enunwe failed to present evidence that she did not receive proper notice of her hearing. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1229(a)(1), 1229a(b)(5)(A) (written notice is sufficient if mailed to the most recent address provided by the alien). It follows that En-unwe’s due process claims fail. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).

The agency also did not abuse its discretion in denying Enunwe’s motion to reopen based on changed country conditions where she failed to present any evidence in support of her claim for relief under the Convention Against Torture. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii).

We lack jurisdiction to consider En-unwe’s contention regarding asylum and withholding of removal because she failed to raise these claims before the BIA, and thereby failed to exhaust her administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review claims not presented to the BIA).

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