Case Name: Mynor Giovanni Barillas DE LEON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-01
Citations: 540 F. App'x 735
Docket Number: No. 12-72548
Parties: Mynor Giovanni Barillas DE LEON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 540
Pages: 735–736

Head Matter:
Mynor Giovanni Barillas DE LEON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-72548.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 2013.
Filed Oct. 1, 2013.
Robert G. Berke, Esquire, Berke Law Offices, Canoga Park, CA, for Petitioner.
Gerald Alexander, Trial, Oil, 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: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, 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
Mynor Giovanni Barillas De Leon, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings held in absen-tia based on the ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 674 (9th Cir.2011), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Barillas De Leon's motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed twelve years after his removal order became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(ii), and Barillas De Leon failed to show the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 679 (equitable tolling is available to a petitioner who is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud or error, and exercised due diligence in discovering such circumstances). Contrary to Barillas De Leon's contentions, the BIA acted in accordance with this court's precedent when considering Baril-las De Leon's failure to investigate the status of his case for a number of years. See id. (explaining that "if petitioner is ignorant of counsel's shortcomings, whether petitioner made reasonable efforts to pursue relief' is a consideration when assessing deligence).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.