Elmer Gustavo Kiste 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
ELMER GUSTAVO KISTE,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 10-72745
Agency No. A070-812-554
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 8, 2012**
Before: ALARCÓN, BERZON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Elmer Gustavo Kiste, a native and citizen of Guatemala, 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. We review
FILED
AUG 15 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Avagyan v. Holder, 646
F.3d 672, 674 (9th Cir. 2011), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Kiste’s motion to reopen
as untimely where it was filed nearly twelve years after his order of removal, see 8
C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(iii)(A)(i) (an alien seeking to reopen and rescind an in
absentia deportation order based on exceptional circumstances must file the motion
within 180 days), and Kiste failed to establish that he qualified for equitable tolling
of the filing deadline, see Avagyan, 646 F.3d at 678-80 (equitable tolling is
available to a petitioner who establishes that he suffered from deception, fraud or
error, and exercised due diligence in discovering such circumstances).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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