Case Name: Khalil Mousa HASSAN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-06-30
Citations: 606 F. App'x 397
Docket Number: No. 13-73685
Parties: Khalil Mousa HASSAN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 606
Pages: 397–397

Head Matter:
Khalil Mousa HASSAN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-73685.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 22, 2015.
Filed June 30, 2015.
Nabil Ramsey Atalla, Law Offices of Nabil Atalla, Encino, CA, for Petitioner.
Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Khalil Mousa Hassan, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo constitutional claims. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying as untimely Hassan's motion to reopen based on the alleged ineffective assistance of his prior counsel where he filed the motion approximately eight years after his final order of removal. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). He did not submit evidence sufficient to demonstrate the due diligence necessary to warrant equitable tolling of the filing deadline. See Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir.2011) (diligence requires petitioner to take "reasonable steps to investigate [any] suspected fraud" or make "reasonable efforts to pursue relief"); Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 899 (9th Cir.2003) (beginning 90-day limitations period when petitioner became aware of fraud). Hassan's due process claim therefore fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (to prevail on a due process challenge, an alien must show error and prejudice).
To the extent Hassan contends the BIA erred in declining to reopen proceedings sua sponte, we lack jurisdiction to consider this contention. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir.2011).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.