325 F. App'x 529

Maximiano Reyes GARCIA; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

No. 06-72566.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

*530Submitted April 13, 2009.*

Filed April 29, 2009.

Maximiano Reyes Garcia, Phoenix, AZ, pro se.

Yolanda Gomez Montijo Garcia, Phoenix, AZ, pro se.

Yolanda Andrea Garcia Gomez, Phoenix, AZ, pro se.

Maximiliano Garcia Gomez, Phoenix, AZ, pro se.

CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Walter Manning Evans, Esquire, Trial, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM **

Maximiano Reyes Garcia, his wife Yolanda Gomez Montijo Garcia, and their two children, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 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), and we deny the petition.

Petitioners filed their second motion to reopen more than two years after the BIA’s order dismissing the underlying appeal. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion because petitioners failed to establish eligibility for an exception to the filing limitations, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2)—(3), or grounds for equitable tolling, see Itumbarria, 321 F.3d at 897 (equitable tolling is available “when a petitioner is prevented from filing because of deception, fraud, or error, as long as the petitioner acts with due diligence”).

Petitioners’ remaining contentions are not persuasive.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

Garcia v. Holder
325 F. App'x 529

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Garcia v. Holder
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