Case Name: Saudagar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-24
Citations: 479 F. App'x 87
Docket Number: No. 09-73305
Parties: Saudagar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 479
Pages: 87–88

Head Matter:
Saudagar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-73305.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 17, 2012.
Filed July 24, 2012.
Christopher John Stender, Esquire, Federal Immigration Counselors, Inc., APC, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Glen T. Jaeger, Oil, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, 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
Saudagar Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order 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, and we review de novo questions of law. Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1187 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Singh's third motion to reopen, filed twelve years after the final order of removal, as time- and number-barred. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). Singh's contention that the time and number limits on motions to reopen set forth in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act ("IIRIRA") do not apply to his motion is misplaced because the regulations setting the time and number limits were promulgated prior to the effective date of IIRIRA. See 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(c)(2) (1996), as revised by 61 Fed. Reg. 18900 (April 29, 1996); Socop-Gonzalez, 272 F.3d at 1183, 1191-92 (applying 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(c)(2) to an untimely motion to reopen where removal proceedings were instituted in 1995).
Contrary to Singh's contention, he is not entitled to remand under Nevarez Nevarez v. Holder, 572 F.3d 605, 608 (9th Cir.2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.