Case Name: Migran Nshanovi ERZRUMYAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-12-30
Citations: 312 F. App'x 847
Docket Number: No. 06-72343
Parties: Migran Nshanovi ERZRUMYAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, TROTT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 312
Pages: 847–847

Head Matter:
Migran Nshanovi ERZRUMYAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-72343.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 17, 2008.
Filed Dec. 30, 2008.
Reynold E. Finnegan, Esquire, Finnegan & Diba A. Law Corporation, Los An-geles, CA, for Petitioner.
Kendra S. McNally, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: WALLACE, TROTT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Migran Nshanovi Erzrumyan, a citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order summarily affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") order denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings conducted in ab-sentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion, Lo v. Ashcroft, 341 F.3d 934, 937 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.
The IJ did not abuse her discretion in denying Erzrumyan's motion to reopen. Erzrumyan does not dispute that he received adequate notice pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1), and he failed to establish that his former counsel's alleged ineffective assistance of counsel was an "exceptional circumstance" within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(l), cf. Lo, 341 F.3d at 937-38 (sufficient compliance with the requirements of Matter of Loza-da, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), where counsel took responsibility for employee's mistake, and petitioners included this explanation in their affidavits, along with an affidavit from counsel).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.