Case Name: Maricruz AVILA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-03-17
Citations: 597 F. App'x 468
Docket Number: No. 13-71564
Parties: Maricruz AVILA-GUTIERREZ, 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: 468–469

Head Matter:
Maricruz AVILA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-71564.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 10, 2015.
Filed March 17, 2015.
Andrew Kenneth Nietor, Law Office of Andrew Nietor, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Channah Norman, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 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
Maricruz Avila-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's order denying her 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. 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 Avila-Gutierrez' motion to reopen as a matter of discretion, where the agency considered, both the positive and negative factors presented in her case and determined that she was not entitled to a favorable exercise of discretion. See Zheng v. Holder, 644 F.3d 829, 833 (9th Cir.2011) (in determining whether to exercise its discretion in favor of a petitioner, the agency must consider "all relevant factors inelud[ing] taking into account both negative and positive circumstances relevant to each [petitioner" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Avila-Gutierrez' contentions regarding her re-movability, where she has not exhausted these arguments before the agency. See Tijani v. Holder, 628 F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir.2010) (the court lacks jurisdiction to consider legal claims not presented in an alien's administrative proceedings before the agency).
We decline to review Avila-Gutierrez's contentions that the agency erred in not equitably tolling the filing deadline for her untimely motion to reopen and that she established ineffective assistance of counsel, because these are not grounds the BIA relied upon in dismissing her appeal. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 992 (9th Cir.2010) ("[O]ur review is limited to the grounds actually relied upon by the BIA[.]").
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.