Case Name: Batara Krishna HARIANJA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-29
Citations: 440 F. App'x 602
Docket Number: No. 08-73203
Parties: Batara Krishna HARIANJA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 440
Pages: 602–602

Head Matter:
Batara Krishna HARIANJA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-73203.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2011.
Filed June 29, 2011.
Albert C. Lum, Sr., Esquire, Law Office of Albert C. Lum, Pasadena, CA, for Petitioner.
Stefanie N. Hennes, Trial, Leslie McKay, Esquire, Assistant Director, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, 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
Batara Krishna Harianja, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in ab-sentia. 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 claims of due process violations. 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 acted within its discretion in denying Harianja's motion based on ineffective assistance of counsel because he failed to file a state bar complaint, Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637, 639 (BIA 1988), the alleged ineffective assistance is not plain on the face of the record, see Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 592, 597-99 (9th Cir.2004), and, therefore, he did not establish that his failure to appear was on account of exceptional circumstances, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(h). It follows that Harianja's due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000).
We lack jurisdiction to consider the letter attached to Harianja's opening brief because it is not part of the administrative record. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A); see also Njuguna v. Ashcroft, 374 F.3d 765, 769 (9th Cir.2004) (the court's review is limited to the administrative record).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.