Case Name: Rafael GARCIA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-04-01
Citations: 647 F. App'x 708
Docket Number: No. 13-72820
Parties: Rafael GARCIA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 647
Pages: 708–709

Head Matter:
Rafael GARCIA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-72820.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 15, 2016.
Filed April 1, 2016.
Susan Elizabeth Hill, Hill & Piibe, Immigration Attorneys, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, 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
Rafael Garcia-Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("U") decision denying his 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. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Garcia-Gutierrez' motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel, where Garcia-Gutierrez filed the motion more than eight years after his final order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and did not establish the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003) (equitable tolling is available to a petitioner who is prevented from timely filing motion to reopen due to deception, fraud or error, as long as petitioner exercises due diligence in discovering such circumstances); Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir.2011) (due diligence requires petitioner to take reasonable steps to investigate ány suspected fraud or error, or if he is ignorant of such circumstances, make reasonable efforts to pursue relief).
The record does not support Garcia-Gutierrez' contention that the BIA failed to accept as true the facts stated in his declaration in support of his motion to reopen. See Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 678-79.
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Garcia-Gutierrez' remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.