Illia Suhaka v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM **

Illia Suhaka, a native of the former Soviet Union and a citizen of Belarus, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Chete Juarez v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 944, 947 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Suhaka’s motion to reopen on the ground that his failure to…