Case Name: Rajwinder KAUR, aka Rajwinder Atwal, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-28
Citations: 611 F. App'x 419
Docket Number: No. 12-70801
Parties: Rajwinder KAUR, aka Rajwinder Atwal, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 611
Pages: 419–420

Head Matter:
Rajwinder KAUR, aka Rajwinder Atwal, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-70801.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 21, 2015.
Filed July 28, 2015.
Justin M. Thorp, Bodyfelt Mount, LLP, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff.
Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, 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
Rajwinder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her second motion to reopen. 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, including claims of due process violations due to ineffective assistance. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Kaur's second motion to reopen as time- and number-barred, where Kaur filed the motion over four years after her order of removal became final, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(A), (C)(i) (motion to reopen must be filed within ninety days of final order of removal), and where Kaur has not established that she was entitled to equitable tolling of the filing deadline due to ineffective assistance of counsel, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir.2011) (deadline for filing motion to reopen can be equitably tolled "when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error"). Accordingly, Kaur's claim that her right to due process was violated when the BIA declined to reopen her case fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).
We reject Kaur's contention that the BIA improperly required her to "litigate the allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel." See Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 592, 598-99 (9th Cir.2004) (discussing requirement that counsel have opportunity to respond to ineffective assistance claims raised in a motion to reopen).
In her opening brief, Kaur does not address, and therefore has waived any challenge to, the BIA's determination that she failed to demonstrate a material change in circumstances in India sufficient to qualify for exceptions to the filing limitations, and to the BIA's decision not to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen the proceedings. See Rizk v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1083, 1091 n. 3 (9th Cir.2011) (a petitioner waives an issue by failing to raise it in the opening brief).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.