Meli Torres, a.k.a. Meli Monroy v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MELI TORRES, a.k.a. Meli Monroy,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 10-73098
Agency No. A095-291-069
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 17, 2012**
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Meli Torres, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of
the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motions to reopen
and reconsider. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the
FILED
JUL 23 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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denial of a motion for abuse of discretion. Ghahremani v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 993,
997 (9th Cir. 2007). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Torres’s motion to
reconsider where the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA’s
prior decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1); Ma v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 553, 558
(9th Cir. 2004).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Torres’s August 30, 2010,
motion to reopen as untimely where it was filed more than three years after the
final administrative order, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C), and she did not establish
a basis for equitable tolling, see Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.
2003) (equitable tolling is available when petitioner is prevented from filing
because of deception, fraud, or error).
We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s underlying order dismissing
Torres’s direct appeal from the immigration judge’s decision and its February 4,
2010, denial of her motion to reopen because petitioner failed to timely petition
this court for review of these decisions. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1); Singh v. INS,
315 F.3d 1186, 1188 (9th Cir. 2003).
We lack jurisdiction to review Torres’s contention that the attorney who
represented her before the immigration judge on December 12, 2005, provided

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ineffective assistance because she failed to raise the issue before the BIA and
thereby failed to exhaust her administrative remedies. See Tijani v. Holder, 628
F.3d 1071, 1080 (9th Cir. 2010) (no jurisdiction to review legal claims not
presented before the BIA).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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