Opinion
Nos. 07-72759, 07-74898.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed September 22, 2010.
William K. Kiang, Esq., Kiang Kiang, San Gabriel, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Siu P. Wong, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A098-440-328.
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
In these consolidated petitions for review, Kewu Feng, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") orders denying his motion to reopen and his motion to reconsider. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of motions to reopen and motions reconsider. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petitions for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Feng's motion to reopen because the motion was untimely, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Feng failed to establish changed circumstances in China to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limit for filing motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(H); see also Bhasin v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 977, 987 (9th Cir. 2005) (explaining 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1) requires "the evidence must not have been available to be presented at the former hearing before the IJ") (citation and internal quotations omitted). We lack jurisdiction to review Feng's claim that the ineffective assistance of his former counsel tolled the time limit for filing his motion to reopen because he failed to exhaust this claim before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Feng's motion to reconsider because Feng failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA's January 29, 2007, order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(3) ("A motion to reconsider based solely on an argument that the case should not have been affirmed without opinion by a single Board Member, or by a three-Member panel, is barred.").
Finally, we lack jurisdiction to review Feng's contentions regarding the underlying merits of the BIA's summary order, because Feng did not file a timely petition for review of that order. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1); Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1258 (9th Cir. 1996) (time period for filing a petition for review with the court of appeals is not tolled by the filing of a motion to reopen or reconsider).