FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 08 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IGBAL SINGH-SINGH, a.k.a. IQBAL No. 09-71216
SINGH-SINGH,
Agency No. A070-169-522
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 15, 2011 **
Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Igbal Singh-Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration
judge’s order denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings conducted in
absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for abuse of
*
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).
discretion, Celis-Castellano v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 2002), we
deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Singh-Singh’s motion to
reopen because the evidence he submitted was insufficient to establish exceptional
circumstances to excuse his absence from his removal hearing. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1229a(e)(i); see also Celis-Castellano, 298 F.3d at 890-92 (alien made no
showing of the seriousness of his alleged asthma attack where, inter alia, he failed
to submit evidence addressing his condition on the day of the hearing).
Singh-Singh’s due process contentions are not supported by the record.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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