Case Name: Ebrahim KALATEHE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-05-20
Citations: 519 F. App'x 438
Docket Number: No. 11-71752
Parties: Ebrahim KALATEHE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 519
Pages: 438–439

Head Matter:
Ebrahim KALATEHE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71752.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 14, 2013.
Filed May 20, 2013.
Zohreh Esther Mizrahi, Esquire, Law Offices of Mike S. Manesh, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, 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
Ebrahim Kalatehe, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir.2010). We deny in part, dismiss in part, and grant in part the petition for review, and we remand.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Kalatehe's motion as untimely because the motion was filed over four years after the agency's final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and the BIA considered the record and acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence was insufficient to establish prima facie eligibility for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. See Mendez-Gutierrez v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 1168, 1172 (9th Cir.2006) ("vague and conclusory allegations" insufficient to establish prima fa- cie eligibility). We reject Kalatehe's contentions that the BIA failed to consider or inadequately considered evidence, and that the BIA applied the wrong legal standard.
We lack jurisdiction to review Kalatehe's challenge to his underlying in absentia removal order, because this petition for review is untimely as to that order. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1); Membreno v. Gonzales, 425 F.3d 1227, 1229 (9th Cir.2005). Contrary to Kalatehe's assertion, the BIA did not elect to revisit the immigration judge's decision.
In assessing Kalatehe's motion to reopen, however, the BIA did not address Kalatehe's asylum and withholding of removal claims. See Brezilien v. Holder, 569 F.3d 403, 412 (9th Cir.2009) (BIA is not free to ignore arguments raised by a petitioner). Accordingly, we grant the petition as to Kalatehe's asylum and withholding of removal claims and remand for the agency to consider his motion to reopen as to these claims. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).
Each party shall bear its own costs for this petition for review.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part; GRANTED in part; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.