Case Name: Elizabeth MILLER, a.k.a. Elizabeth Alidi, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-25
Citations: 444 F. App'x 979
Docket Number: No. 10-70581
Parties: Elizabeth MILLER, a.k.a. Elizabeth Alidi, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 444
Pages: 979–980

Head Matter:
Elizabeth MILLER, a.k.a. Elizabeth Alidi, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-70581.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 12, 2011.
Filed July 25, 2011.
Jorge Teodoro Cabrera, I, Esquire, Law Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Elizabeth Do Kurlan, Trial, 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: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, 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
Elizabeth Miller, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her motion to reopen based on 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, Singh v. Gonzales, 491 F.3d 1090, 1095 (9th Cir.2007), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency acted within its discretion in denying as untimely Miller's motion to reopen because it was filed more than six years after the final removal order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1), and Miller did not show that she acted with the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Singh, 491 F.3d at 1096-97. We do not consider Miller's contentions regarding ineffective assistance of counsel because the untimeliness determination is dispositive.
In her opening brief, Miller fails to address, and therefore has waived any challenge to, the agency's determination that she failed to establish changed circumstances in Nigeria to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limit for filing motions to reopen. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party's opening brief are waived).
Miller's remaining contentions are not persuasive.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.