Case Name: Eduardo Nemesio CASTILLO-TRIGOSO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-12-15
Citations: 588 F. App'x 576
Docket Number: No. 08-70838
Parties: Eduardo Nemesio CASTILLO-TRIGOSO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 588
Pages: 576–576

Head Matter:
Eduardo Nemesio CASTILLO-TRIGOSO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-70838.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 9, 2014.
Filed Dec. 15, 2014.
John E. Ricci, Esquire, Law Office of Ricci & Sprouls, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Thomas Fatouros, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, OIL, Mark A. Walters, Esquire, Annette Marie Wietecha, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Eduardo Nemesio Castillo-Trigoso, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his motion to reopen deportation 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. Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208, 1209 (9th Cir.2000) (per curiam). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Castillo-Trigoso's motion to reopen on the ground that he failed to establish improper notice, where his counsel of record was properly served by certified mail with written notice of the February 15, 1996 hearing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(a)(2)(A) (1994) (written notice shall be given by certified mail to the alien or to the alien's counsel of record); Garcia, 222 F.3d at 1209 (notice to attorney of record constitutes notice to alien).
Because Castillo-Trigoso did not challenge before the BIA the IJ's dispositive determination that he failed to establish the due diligence necessary for equitable tolling of the motions deadline, any such challenge is not exhausted and we do not have jurisdiction to consider it. See Zara v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 927, 930-31 (9th Cir.2004); 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1).
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.