Case Name: Edgard Alberto AGUILAR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-22
Citations: 113 F. App'x 296
Docket Number: No. 03-72851; Agency No. A70-910-623
Parties: Edgard Alberto AGUILAR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before LEAVY, McKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 113
Pages: 296–297

Head Matter:
Edgard Alberto AGUILAR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-72851.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 15, 2004.
Decided Nov. 22, 2004.
Marc J. Wigul, Esq., Korenberg Abramowitz & Feldun, A Law Corporation, Sherman Oaks, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, CAC—District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Margaret Perry, Esq., Mary Jane Candaux, Esq., Jennifer Light-body, Blair T. O’Connor, Esq., DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before LEAVY, McKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Edgard Alberto Aguilar, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings in which he was ordered deported in absentia. We have jurisdiction pursuant to former 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), and we deny the petition for review.
Reviewing the IJ's decision for abuse of discretion, see Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d 1379, 1382 (9th Cir.1995), we conclude that there was none. Aguilar contends that he is similarly situated to the alien in In re M-S-, 22 I. & N. Dec. 349 (BIA 1998) (en banc). The M-S- procedure, however, re quires compliance with the regular requirements for motions to reopen, including timeliness. Id. at 357. The alien in M-S- filed a timely motion to reopen. Id. at 350-51; see also 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(c)(2) (2002). Aguilar, by contrast, filed his motion to reopen, seeking adjustment of status, seven years after the entry of his in absentia order of deportation.
We find no merit either in Aguilar's reliance on Singh v. Ashcroft, 295 F.3d 1037 (9th Cir.2002), where there was no issue of timeliness with respect to Singh's motion to reopen. See id.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.