Case Name: LEE KYUNG-SAE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-02-27
Citations: 594 F. App'x 425
Docket Number: No. 13-72173
Parties: LEE KYUNG-SAE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 594
Pages: 425–426

Head Matter:
LEE KYUNG-SAE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-72173.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 17, 2015.
Filed Feb. 27, 2015.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Oil, Jennifer A. Singer, Russell John Verby, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, 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).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Lee Kyung-Sae, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dis missing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 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 BIA did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Kyung-Sae's appeal of the IJ's order denying his motion to reopen as untimely, where he filed the motion more than nine years after his in absentia order of removal became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1), (4)(ii), and he has not established the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline, see Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 679-80 (9th Cir.2011) (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).
It follows that Kyung-Sae's due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (to prevail on a due process challenge, an alien must show error and prejudice).
To the extent Kyung-Sae contends the BIA erred in declining to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings, we lack jurisdiction to consider that claim. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir.2011) (this court lacks jurisdiction to review the BIA's sua sponte determination).
In light of our disposition, we do not reach Kyung-Sae's remaining contentions.
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.