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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             JUN 27 2011

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SHEIKH NURUL HAQUE,                              No. 08-73548

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A077-843-800

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted June 15, 2011 **

Before:        CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

       Sheikh Nurul Haque, a native and citizen of the Bangladesh, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to

reconsider. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo

claims of due process violations, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
2000), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of motions to reconsider or

reopen, Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir. 2004). We deny in

part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

      The BIA did not abuse its discretion in construing Haque’s motion to

reconsider as a motion to reopen. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 793

(9th Cir. 2005); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c) (a motion to reopen seeks to present

new facts that would entitle the alien to relief from deportation). So construed, the

BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion because Haque failed to

establish that his supporting evidence was not available and could not have been

discovered or presented at the former hearing. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1).

      We reject Haque’s contention that the BIA violated his right to due process.

See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to prevail on

due process claim).

      To the extent Haque challenges the BIA’s March 24, 2008, order denying

his motion to reopen, we lack jurisdiction because this petition for review is not

timely as to that order. See 8 U.S.C. §1252(b)(1); Singh v. INS, 315 F.3d 1186,

1188 (9th Cir. 2003).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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