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Jagdish SINGH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 10-73191.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
    
    Filed Oct. 12, 2012.
    Babak Pourtavoosi, Pannun the Firm, P.C., Jackson Heights, NY, for Petitioner.
    Christina Bechak Paraseandola, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jagdish Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo claims of due process violations. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Singh’s motion to reopen on the ground that he failed to establish prejudice resulting from his former attorneys’ failure to request relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). See id. at 793-94 (prejudice results when counsel’s actions may have affected the outcome of the proceedings); Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1157 (9th Cir.2003) (denial of CAT relief is proper where claim is based on the same statements found not credible for purposes of asylum and withholding of removal, and petitioner “points to no other evidence that he could claim the BIA should have considered in making its [CAT] determination”).

Because the BIA’s denial of Singh’s motion to reopen on this basis was dispositive, we need not address Singh’s remaining contentions.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.