Case Name: Juan Antonio VALIENTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-03
Citations: 489 F. App'x 234
Docket Number: No. 11-71803
Parties: Juan Antonio VALIENTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 489
Pages: 234–234

Head Matter:
Juan Antonio VALIENTE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71803.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 19, 2012.
Filed Jan. 3, 2013.
Juan Antonio Valiente, Los Angeles, CA, pro se.
Yamileth G. Davila, Trial, OIL, Jem C. Sponzo, Esquire, Daniel Eric Goldman, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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: GOODWIN, WALLACE, 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
Juan Antonio Valiente, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings conducted in absentia. 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, 674 (9th Cir.2011). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Valiente's motion to reopen and rescind his removal order where he had actual notice of his hearing and failed to establish "exceptional circumstances" warranting reopening. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(C); see also Singh-Bhathal v. INS, 170 F.3d 943, 946-47 (9th Cir.1999) (erroneous advice of immigration consultant to not appear at hearing did not constitute "exceptional circumstances"); Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 592, 596-97 (9th Cir.2004).
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Valiente's motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed over four years after he became or ought to have become aware of his eligibility for relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act ("NA-CARA"), Pub.L. No. 105-100, § 203(c), 111 Stat. 2160 (1997), and Valiente did not demonstrate the due diligence required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.43(e)(1); Albillo-De Leon v. Gonzales, 410 F.3d 1090, 1099-1100 (9th Cir.2005) (equitable tolling of the NA-CARA deadline is available where alien is unable to obtain vital information related to his claim despite all due diligence).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Val-iente's contention that his case warrants a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion. See Vilchiz-Soto v. Holder, 688 F.3d 642, 644 (9th Cir.2012) (order).
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.