Case Name: Seth GYAMFI, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-11-25
Citations: 623 F. App'x 470
Docket Number: No. 13-73770
Parties: Seth GYAMFI, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 623
Pages: 470–471

Head Matter:
Seth GYAMFI, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-73770.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 18, 2015.
Filed Nov. 25, 2015.
Seth Gyamfi, Fontana, CA, pro se.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Oil, Hillel Ryder Smith, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, 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
Seth Gyamfi, a native and citizen of Ghana, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision 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 or reconsider and review de novo claims of due process violations. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion or violate due process in denying Gyamfi's motion where, construed as a motion to reopen, it was unsupported by material, previously unavailable evidence that could not have been discovered or presented at the former hearing, and where, construed as a motion to reconsider, it was filed beyond the thirty-day deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1) (requirements for motion to reopen); id. at (b)(2) (motion to reconsider must be filed within thirty days of final order of removal); 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 decision riot to reopen sua sponte. See Go v. Holder, 744 F.3d 604, 609-10 (9th Cir.2014).
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Gyamfi's remaining contentions.
Because Gyamfi did not submit a proposed supplemental opening brief, as required by the court's August 11, 2014, order, we deny his August 8, 2014, motion.
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.