Case Name: Edgar Rene MAGANA-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-15
Citations: 485 F. App'x 274
Docket Number: No. 11-70380
Parties: Edgar Rene MAGANA-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 485
Pages: 274–274

Head Matter:
Edgar Rene MAGANA-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-70380.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
Filed Oct. 15, 2012.
Jaime Jasso, Esquire, Law Offices of Jaime Jasso, Westlake Village, CA, for Petitioner.
Derek C. Julius, 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: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, 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
Edgar Rene Magana-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
The BIA denied Magana-Garcia's motion as untimely, and declined to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen removal proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary decision whether to exercise its sua sponte authority. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-824 (9th Cir.2011).
Magana-Garcia's equal protection challenge to the BIA's refusal to grant reopening is unavailing. See Dillingham v. INS, 267 F.3d 996, 1007 (9th Cir.2001) ("In order to succeed on his [equal protection] challenge, the petitioner must establish that his treatment differed from that of similarly situated persons."), overruled on other grounds by Nunez-Reyes v. Holder, 646 F.3d 684 (9th Cir.2011).
Magana-Garcia has waived any challenge to the BIA's determination that he is not entitled to equitable tolling for alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not raised in the opening brief are waived).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.