Juan Jose Bermudez-Melendez 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
JUAN JOSE BERMUDEZ-MELENDEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-75221
Agency No. A070-776-150
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted September 13, 2010**
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Juan Jose Bermudez-Melendez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his
appeal from an immigration judge’s order denying his motion to reopen and
rescind a deportation order entered in absentia. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8
FILED
SEP 22 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen.
Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny in part and
dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Bermudez-Melendez’s
motion to reopen on the ground that he failed to establish exceptional
circumstances based on notary advice. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(c)(3)(A); Hernandez
v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1014, 1020 (9th Cir. 2008) (reliance on the advice of a non-
attorney cannot form the basis of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Bermudez-Melendez’s contention that the
BIA should have exercised its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings. See
Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir. 2002).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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