Case Name: Santiago TORRES-HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-30
Citations: 584 F. App'x 834
Docket Number: No. 09-72984
Parties: Santiago TORRES-HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: REINHARDT and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 834–835

Head Matter:
Santiago TORRES-HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-72984.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Sept. 16, 2014.
Filed Sept. 30, 2014.
David Michael Livingston, Esquire, Livingston & Bakhtiar, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Santiago Torres-Hernandez, pro se.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Kathryn McKinney, Oil, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: REINHARDT and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge.
The Honorable John W. Sedwick, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner, Santiago Torres-Hernandez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial óf his motion to reopen. In that motion, Torres-Hernandez argued that his case should be reopened due to the ineffective assistance of his two prior attorneys and because he offered new evidence in support of his application for cancellation of removal. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2005).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Torres-Hernandez's motion as untimely. The motion to reopen was filed almost three years after the final order was issued and does not fall within any of the exceptions for timeliness. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2)-(3). Equitable tolling of the time limit may apply in certain instances, including when an individual has been represented by ineffective counsel, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897-98 (9th Cir.2003), but Torres-Hernandez has not raised the issue of equitable tolling to the BIA, and it is therefore unexhausted. See Taniguchi v. Schultz, 303 F.3d 950, 955 (9th Cir.2002).
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision not to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir.2011).
In light of our disposition, we do not reach Torres-Hernandez's remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.