NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SEP 30 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
SANTIAGO TORRES-HERNANDEZ, No. 09-72984
Petitioner, Agency No. A079-149-444
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted September 16, 2014
Pasadena, California
Before: REINHARDT and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District
Judge.**
Petitioner, Santiago Torres-Hernandez, a native and citizen of Mexico,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of his
motion to reopen. In that motion, Torres-Hernandez argued that his case should be
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The Honorable John W. Sedwick, District Judge for the U.S. District
Court for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation.
reopened due to the ineffective assistance of his two prior attorneys and because he
offered new evidence in support of his application for cancellation of removal. We
review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v.
Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Torres-Hernandez’s motion
as untimely. The motion to reopen was filed almost three years after the final order
was issued and does not fall within any of the exceptions for timeliness. 8 C.F.R. §
1003.2(c)(2)–(3). Equitable tolling of the time limit may apply in certain
instances, including when an individual has been represented by ineffective
counsel, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897–98 (9th Cir. 2003), but Torres-
Hernandez has not raised the issue of equitable tolling to the BIA, and it is
therefore unexhausted. See Taniguchi v. Schultz, 303 F.3d 950, 955 (9th Cir.
2002).
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to exercise its sua
sponte authority to reopen proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). See
Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823–24 (9th Cir. 2011).
In light of our disposition, we do not reach Torres-Hernandez’s remaining
contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.