Case Name: Abdou ABDOULAYE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-03
Citations: 574 F. App'x 17
Docket Number: No. 12-4805 NAC
Parties: Abdou ABDOULAYE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Present: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., REENA RAGGI, SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 574
Pages: 17–18

Head Matter:
Abdou ABDOULAYE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-4805 NAC.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 3, 2014.
Theodore Vialet, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General; Jennifer L. Lightbody, Senior Litigation Counsel; Stephanie A. Svoren-Jay, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C, for Respondent.
Present: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., REENA RAGGI, SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review is DENIED.
Petitioner Abdou Abdoulaye, a native and citizen of Niger, seeks review of a November 7, 2012 decision of the BIA affirming a February 7, 2011 decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Brigitte LaForest, which denied his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. In re Abdou Abdoulaye, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Nov. 7, 2012), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Feb. 7, 2011). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, remaining mindful of the Supreme Court's admonition that such motions are "disfavored." Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006) (quoting INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 322-23, 112 S.Ct. 719, 116 L.Ed.2d 823 (1992)). An alien seeking to reopen proceedings is required to file a motion to reopen no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), 1003.23(b)(1). There is no dispute that Abdoulaye's motion to reopen, filed more than eight months after the BIA's dismissal of his appeal, was untimely-
Abdoulaye contends, however, that the time period for filing his motion to reopen should have been tolled due to his prior counsel's ineffectiveness in not filing a timely appeal. The limitations period may be tolled by ineffective assistance of counsel. See Iavorski v. INS, 232 F.3d 124, 129-30 (2d Cir.2000). To establish ineffective assistance, a movant must show that "competent counsel would have acted otherwise," and that "he was prejudiced by his counsel's performance." Rabiu v. INS, 41 F.3d 879, 882 (2d Cir.1994) (citation omitted). An attorney's failure to file an appeal causes prejudice where "had the appeal been made, the result [of the proceeding] would have been different." Esposito v. INS, 987 F.2d 108, 111 (2d Cir.1993).
We find no abuse of discretion in the BIA's denial of reopening, as Abdoulaye's motion to reopen did not identify any arguments he would have raised on appeal. As he did not state how he would challenge the IJ's dispositive findings that the asylum application was untimely and that he was incredible, Abdoulaye did not show that, if his former counsel had timely filed an appeal, "the result [of the proceeding] would have been different." Id. Abdou-laye's additional contention that former counsel provided ineffective assistance by filing a deficient notice of appeal is unex-hausted. See Lin Zhong v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 480 F.3d 104, 119-20 (2d Cir.2007). Although Abdoulaye faults his former counsel for failing to challenge the adverse credibility determination in the untimely notice of appeal, Abdoulaye has not identified any basis for such a challenge.
Because Abdoulaye's failure to demonstrate prejudice is dispositive, we do not consider his counsel's performance.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.