Case Name: Jaime Noe GARCIA-VARELA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-24
Citations: 675 F. App'x 764
Docket Number: No. 15-71652
Parties: Jaime Noe GARCIA-VARELA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 675
Pages: 764–765

Head Matter:
Jaime Noe GARCIA-VARELA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-71652
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 18, 2017
Filed January 24, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Hawkins, Attorney, Hawkins Law Group PLLC, Shoreline, WA, for Petitioner
Dana Michelle Camilleri, OIL, DOJ— 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: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, 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
Jaime Noe Garcia-Varela, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's 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 agency did not abuse its discretion or violate due process in denying Garcia-Varela's motion to reopen as untimely, where Garcia-Varela filed the motion more than fourteen years after his final order of removal, and has not demonstrated the due diligence necessary to warrant equitable tolling of the filing deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(i); Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679 (9th Cir. 2011) (equitable tolling is available to an alien who is prevented from filing a motion to reopen due to deception, fraud, or error, as long as the alien exercises due diligence in discovering such circumstances); Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).
We lack jurisdiction to review the agency's discretionary decision not to reopen proceedings sua sponte, where Garcia-Varela fails to raise a colorable constitutional claim or question of law about the sua sponte determination that would invoke our jurisdiction. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir. 2011); cf. Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 588 (9th Cir. 2016) ("[Tjhis court has jurisdiction to review Board decisions denying sua sponte reopening for the limited purpose of reviewing the reasoning behind the decisions for legal or constitutional error.").
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Gareia-Varela's remaining contentions regarding ineffective assistance of counsel, his 1999 proceedings, and the applicability of the departure bar,
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part, DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.