Opinion ID: 3049765
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: lawyer 3: second and third petitions for review

Text: AND UNTIMELY MOTION TO REOPEN/RECONSIDER WITH THE BIA On April 22, 2002, the BIA concluded that there was no evidence of mailing error and denied the motion to reopen filed by Lawyer 2. Singh’s new lawyer (“Lawyer 3”) appealed the BIA’s denial of the motion to reopen in a second petition for review. In this petition, Lawyer 3 argued that Lawyer 2 provided Singh ineffective assistance by failing to file a timely petition for review of the final order of removal. We denied the petition for review, holding that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen because it mailed notice to the last address provided by counsel. Singh v. INS, No. 02-71360 (9th Cir., Sept. 15, 2003). We declined to reach the ineffective assistance claim as to Lawyer 2 because that claim had not been presented first to the BIA. Id. On June 11, 2002, Lawyer 3 filed an untimely5 motion to reopen/reconsider with the BIA. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2. In this motion, Lawyer 3 argued that the first motion to reopen filed by Lawyer 2 on December 13, 2001, should not count as a motion to reopen because no new facts had been presented as required by 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1). In addition, the motion alleged, once again, that Lawyer 2 had provided ineffective assistance. The BIA denied this motion on the grounds that the motion was untimely, and that Singh had not satisfied the procedural requirements set forth in Matter of Lozada.6 Law- 5 A motion to reconsider must be filed with the BIA “within 30 days after the mailing of the Board decision.” 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(2). 6 Under Matter of Lozada, an alien alleging ineffective assistance of counsel generally must: (1) submit an affidavit demonstrating and explaining his agreement with prior counsel regarding legal representation, (2) submit evidence that he has informed prior counsel of the allegations of ineffective assistance and provided the attorney with an opportunity to respond, and (3) file a complaint against the attorney with proper disciplinary authorities or explain why such a complaint has not been filed. 19