NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 30 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CESAREO TAPIA-IBARRA, AKA Julio No. 16-73410 Cesar-Hernandez, Agency No. A205-489-712 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* MATTHEW G. WHITAKER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 27, 2018** Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges. Cesareo Tapia-Ibarra, a native and citizen of Mexico, 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 removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and we review de novo questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review. The agency did not err or abuse its discretion in denying Tapia-Ibarra’s motion to reopen for failure to establish exceptional circumstances, where he did not show that he failed to appear at his hearing due to circumstances beyond his control. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(ii); 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(1) (defining exceptional circumstances as circumstances beyond the control of the alien); Valencia-Fragoso v. INS, 321 F.3d 1204, 1205-06 (9th Cir. 2003) (no exceptional circumstances where petitioner was late to her hearing due to confusion about the time and did not show eligibility for relief). We reject Tapia-Ibarra’s contentions that the BIA failed to consider relevant evidence, that Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037 (9th Cir. 2002), controls the result of his case, or that the agency otherwise applied the wrong standard. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990-91 (9th Cir. 2010) (holding the BIA adequately considered evidence and sufficiently announced its decision); Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir. 2006) (petitioner did not overcome the presumption that the BIA did review the record); Valencia-Fragoso, 321 F.3d at 2 16-73410 1205-06 (distinguishing Singh). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 3 16-73410 16-73410 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Cesareo Tapia-Ibarra v. Matthew Whitaker 30 November 2018 Agency Unpublished 88b1364a8a5c899fb1b0d8a23dae795bd094ab23
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