Case Name: Lassaad Youssef BOKRI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-05-25
Citations: 233 F. App'x 709
Docket Number: No. 05-74590
Parties: Lassaad Youssef BOKRI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 233
Pages: 709–710

Head Matter:
Lassaad Youssef BOKRI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-74590.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 16, 2007.
Filed May 25, 2007.
Anthony D. Agpaoa, Law Office of Anthony D. Agpaoa, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Larry P. Cote, Esq., Kristin K. Edison, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Lassaad Youssef Bokri, a native and citizen of Tunisia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order affirming without opinion an immigration judge's decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We dismiss the petition for review.
Bokri's sole contention before this court is that his attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel during agency proceedings. We lack jurisdiction to review Bokri's claim of ineffective assistance because he failed to raise it before the BIA. See Ontiveros-Lopez v. INS, 213 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir.2000) ("an alien who argues ineffective assistance of counsel [is required to] exhaust his administrative remedies by first presenting the issue to the BIA.").
We stay the issuance of the mandate for 120 days to give petitioner an opportunity to file with the BIA a motion to reopen on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. See Roque-Carranza v. INS, 778 F.2d 1373, 1374 (9th Cir.1985) (granting stay of court's mandate to permit petitioner to seek reopening in order to present ineffective assistance of counsel claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED; ISSUANCE OF MANDATE STAYED FOR 120 DAYS.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.