Hovik Satamyan v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
HOVIK SATAMYAN,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-73290
Agency No. A095-445-481
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 21, 2015**
Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Hovik Satamyan petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’
(“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision
denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. Our
jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the
FILED
JUL 28 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo constitutional claims and
questions of law. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005).
We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion or violate due process in denying
Satamyan’s motion to reopen, based on lack of notice, where Satamyan
acknowledged that he was personally served his Notice to Appear (“NTA”), and
the NTA complied with the requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a). See
Flores-Chavez v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 1150, 1156 n. 4 (9th Cir. 2004) (“Current law
does not require that the Notice to Appear . . . be in any language other than
English.”); see also Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring
error and prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).
The agency also did not abuse its discretion in denying Satamyan’s motion
to reopen where Satamyan failed to establish “exceptional circumstances.” See 8
U.S.C. § 1229a (b)(5)(C)(I), (e)(1); see also Hernandez v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d
1014, 1018 (9th Cir. 2008) (“reliance on a non-attorney immigration consultant’s
deficient advice did not meet that ‘exceptional circumstances’ standard”).
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We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to reopen proceedings
sua sponte. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818 (9th Cir. 2011).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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