Case Name: LIANG YUAN ZHU, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent; Liang Yuan Zhu, Petitioner, v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-02-21
Citations: 267 F. App'x 651
Docket Number: Nos. 07-71836, 07-73024
Parties: LIANG YUAN ZHU, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. Liang Yuan Zhu, Petitioner, v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, MeKEOWN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 267
Pages: 651–652

Head Matter:
LIANG YUAN ZHU, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. Liang Yuan Zhu, Petitioner, v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, Respondent.
Nos. 07-71836, 07-73024.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 2008.
Filed Feb. 21, 2008.
Robert G. Ryan, Esq., Law Offices of Eugene C. Wong, PC, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, District Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the District Counsel, Seattle, WA, Don G. Scroggin, Esq., Claire L. Workman, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., for Respondent.
Before: SILVERMAN, MeKEOWN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Liang Yuan Zhu seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") separate denials of his motions to reopen and reconsider his immigration proceedings. Zhu's former counsel did not perform ineffectively as she reasonably believed that the filing of a petition for review would automatically stay an order of voluntary departure. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 748-49 (9th Cir.2004). Zhu knew that he had thirty days to voluntarily depart but simply never left.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion when it concluded that Zhu did not qualify for the "voluntariness exception" to section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229c. See Matter of Zmijewska, 24 I. & N. Dec. 87 (BIA 2007). Zhu concedes that he received notice of the BIA's order granting him thirty days to voluntarily depart, and therefore, he cannot legitimately claim that he involuntarily failed to depart.
PETITIONS DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.