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387 F. App'x 714

Katigbak v. Holder

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided July 13, 2010

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2010-07-13

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Iturribarria v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Mohammed v. Gonzales

Decided 2010-07-13

¶1 MEMORANDUM

¶2 Sunil Bhandari, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and de novo questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

¶3 The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Bhandari’s second motion to reopen as time- and number-barred where the successive motion was filed nearly four years after the BIA’s November 21, 2003, order dismissing his underlying appeal, and Bhandari failed to demonstrate that he qualified for an exception to the time *715 and number limits, or for equitable tolling. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2)-(3); Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897-98 (9th Cir.2003). It follows that Bhandari’s due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice for a petitioner to prevail on a due process claim).

¶4 Bhandari’s remaining contentions are unavailing.

¶5 PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

¶6 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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