Case Name: Susanna VARDANYAN, Petitioner, v. Jeff B. SESSIONS, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-22
Citations: 677 F. App'x 437
Docket Number: No. 15-71022
Parties: Susanna VARDANYAN, Petitioner, v. Jeff B. SESSIONS, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 677
Pages: 437–438

Head Matter:
Susanna VARDANYAN, Petitioner, v. Jeff B. SESSIONS, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 15-71022
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted February 14, 2017
Filed February 22, 2017
Artem M. Sarian, Esquire, Attorney, Sa-rian Law Group, APLC, Glendale, CA, for Petitioner
Margaret Anne O’Donnell, Trial Attorney, 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: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, Vardanyan s request for oral argument is denied.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Susanna Vardanyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her 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. Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 678 (9th Cir. 2011). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Vardanyan's motion to reopen as untimely, where it was filed more than 12 years after her final order of removal, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Vardanyan failed to establish the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 679 (equitable tolling is available to an alien who is prevented from timely filing a motion to reopen due to deception, fraud, or error, as long as petitioner exercises due diligence in discovering such circumstances). Vardanyan's contention that the BIA ignored evidence is not supported by the record. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010).
Our jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision not to reopen proceedings sua sponte is limited to review for legal or constitutional error. Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir. 2011); Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 588 (9th Cir. 2016). Vardanyan's contention that the BIA did not sufficiently articulate its reasons for declining to reopen sua sponte is not supported by the record. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990. We may not overrule this court's precedent concerning jurisdiction to review the BIA's sua sponte determinations. See Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 677 ("A three-judge panel cannot reconsider or overrule circuit precedent unless 'an intervening Supreme Court decision undermines an existing precedent of the Ninth Circuit, and both cases are closely on point.' " (citation omitted)).
Because the due diligence determination is dispositive, we do not reach Vardanyan's contentions regarding the merits of her ineffective assistance of counsel claim.
In light of our decision, we need not reach Vardanyan's request for fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.