Case Name: Sajeesh KUMAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-24
Citations: 338 F. App'x 705
Docket Number: No. 07-72326
Parties: Sajeesh KUMAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 338
Pages: 705–706

Head Matter:
Sajeesh KUMAR, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-72326.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 14, 2009.
Filed July 24, 2009.
Tsz-Hai Huang, The Huang Law Firm, Walnut Creek, CA, Hardeep Singh Rai, Indus Law Group, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Paul Fiorino, Trial, Michelle Gorden Latour, Esquire, Assistant Director, Phillip Michael Truman, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sajeesh Kumar, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, see Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 592, 595 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Kumar's motion to reopen as un timely, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Kumar failed to establish grounds for equitable tolling, see Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1193 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc) (equitable tolling available where "despite all due diligence, [the party invoking equitable tolling] is unable to obtain vital information bearing on the existence of the claim.") (internal citations and quotation marks omitted).
The record does not support Kumar's claim that the BIA failed to consider his equitable tolling contention.
We grant Kumar's motion to substitute counsel.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.