Case Name: Romeo Antonio LAZO-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-20
Citations: 652 F. App'x 578
Docket Number: No. 14-72763
Parties: Romeo Antonio LAZO-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges. ‘
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 652
Pages: 578–579

Head Matter:
Romeo Antonio LAZO-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 14-72763
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 14, 2016
FILED June 20, 2016
Robert G. Berke, Esquire, Attorney, Berke Law Offices, Canoga Park; CA, for Petitioner.
Richard Zanfardino, Trial Attorney, 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: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, 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
Romeo Antonio Lazo-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions' for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and review de novo questions of law. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Lazo-Rodriguez's motion to reopen as untimely, where he filed the motion more than six- years after his final order of removal. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (a motion, to reopen must generally be filed within 90 days of a final administrative order of removal). Lazo-Rodriguez failed to demonstrate changed conditions in El Salvador to qualify for the regulatory exception to the filing deadline, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 989-90 (evidence must be "qualitatively different" to warrant reopening), and failed to show the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir. 2011) (equitable tolling is available to an alien who is prevented from timely filing a motion to reopen due to deception, fraud or error, as long as petitioner exercises due diligence in discovering such circumstances).
The BIA applied the appropriate legal standards in its diligence determination, and provided a reasoned explanation for denying the motion to reopen. See Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 679-80; Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990 ("What is required is merely that [the BIA] consider the issues raised, and announce its decision in terms sufficient to enable a reviewing court to perceive that it has heard and thought and not merely reacted." (citation and quotation marks omitted)).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Lazo-Rodriguez's remaining contentions regarding ineffective assistance of his prior 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.