Case Name: Nelson Rolando SOLORZANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-03-16
Citations: 597 F. App'x 457
Docket Number: No. 13-70997
Parties: Nelson Rolando SOLORZANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 597
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
Nelson Rolando SOLORZANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-70997.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 10, 2015.
Filed March 16, 2015.
Nelson Rolando Solorzano, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Oil, David H. Wetmore, 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: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, 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
Nelson Rolando Solorzano, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") order 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 and review de novo constitutional claims. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Solorzano's motion to reopen based on lack of notice of his deportation hearing, where the record establishes that the IJ personally provided him oral and written notice of the time and place of the hearing at which he was later ordered deported in absentia. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(iii)(A)(2) (a motion to reopen to rescind an in absentia order may be filed at any time if the alien demonstrates lack of notice of his hearing); 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(a)(2) (1994) (requiring written notice of the time and place of proceedings be personally served on the alien or if personal service is not practicable, requiring written notice be given by certified mail).
It follows that Solorzano's due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (to prevail on a due process challenge, an alien must show error and prejudice).
To the extent Solorzano contends that his failure to appear was due to exceptional circumstances, we lack jurisdiction to consider this contention, as it was not exhausted before the agency. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir.2010) ("We lack jurisdiction to review legal claims not presented in an alien's administrative proceedings before the BIA.").
We lack jurisdiction to consider Solorza-no's contention that the agency erred in declining to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir.2011) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review the agency's sua sponte determinations).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Solorzano'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.