Case Name: Patricia Alvarez GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-25
Citations: 371 F. App'x 850
Docket Number: No. 07-74114
Parties: Patricia Alvarez GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 371
Pages: 850–850

Head Matter:
Patricia Alvarez GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-74114.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 16, 2010.
Filed March 25, 2010.
Patricia Alvarez Gonzalez, Fontana, CA, pro se.
Lance Lomond Jolley, Esquire, Trial, Oil, Colette J. Winston, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, 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
Patricia Alvarez Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings. 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 Alvarez Gonzalez's motion to reopen as untimely because the motion was filed more than one year after the BIA's September 26, 2005, order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Alvarez Gonzalez failed to establish that she acted with the due diligence required to warrant tolling of the 90-day filing deadline, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003) (equitable tolling is available to petitioner who is prevented from filing due to deception, fraud or error, and exercises due diligence in discovering such circumstances).
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Alvarez Gonzalez's contention that her former attorney's performance caused her prejudice.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.