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Ranjit SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    Nos. 06-72513, 06-74574.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted June 17, 2010.
    Filed June 24, 2010.
    Robert Bradford Jobe, Esquire, Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
    Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Linda S. Wendtland, Esquire, Claire L. Workman, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: TASHIMA and BEA, Circuit Judges, and READE, Chief District Judge.
    
    
      
       The Honorable Linda R. Reade, United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Ranjit Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) orders denying his motion to reopen and motion to reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the BIA’s denial of both motions for abuse of discretion. Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004).

Given that the standard of review is abuse of discretion, the issue in this case is whether the BIA had substantial evidence to conclude that Singh did not exercise due diligence in seeking his motion to reopen. This court finds there was substantial evidence in support of the BIA’s conclusion.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Singh’s motion to reopen because it was filed more than six years after the BIA’s October 20, 1999 dismissal of his underlying appeal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (stating that motion to reopen generally must be filed within 90 days of the final administrative order), and Singh failed to establish grounds for equitable tolling due to his lack of diligence. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003) (noting that equitable tolling is available “when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due diligence in discovering the deception, fraud, or error”). Singh did not exercise due diligence because he offers no plausible explanation as to why he did not inquire about the status of the filing of a petition for review for over five years after hiring his second attorney.

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