Case Name: Fermin REYES-MEDINA; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-09
Citations: 478 F. App'x 409
Docket Number: No. 07-73158
Parties: Fermin REYES-MEDINA; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 478
Pages: 409–410

Head Matter:
Fermin REYES-MEDINA; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73158.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2012.
Filed July 9, 2012.
Alexander H. Lubarsky, Esquire, San Mateo, CA, for Petitioners.
Mary Jane Candaux, Assistant Director Michael Christopher Heyse, Trial, DOJ— 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: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, 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
Fermín Reyes-Medina and his family, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and de novo purely legal questions. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We grant the petition for review and remand.
The BIA abused its discretion in finding that equitable tolling of the ninety-day deadline to file the motion to reopen was not warranted for lack of diligence, where petitioners acted with due diligence in discovering that former counsel failed to file an opening brief in this court. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 825-26 (9th Cir.2011); Iturribarria, 321 F.3d at 897 (equitable tolling is available where petitioner acts with due diligence in discovering deception, fraud, or error preventing timely filing).
With respect to petitioners' claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on conduct that occurred after the entry of a final order of removal, the BIA did not have the benefit of our intervening decision in Singh v. Napolitano, 649 F.3d 899, 900-01 (9th Cir.2011) when it concluded it lacked jurisdiction. Accordingly, we grant the petition and remand to the BIA for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.