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Abd El Aziz MINSSY, a.k.a. Abd El Aziz Fahmy Minssy; et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 10-73118.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
    
    Filed Sept. 18, 2012.
    David M. Sturman, Law Office Of David M. Sturman, APC, Encino, CA, for Petitioners.
    Jesse David Lorenz, Esquire, Trial, DOJ — 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: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Abd El Aziz Minssy and his family, natives and citizens of Egypt, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their 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. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen on the ground that petitioners failed to establish that the alleged ineffective assistance of their former attorney may have affected the outcome of their proceedings. See id. at 793-94 (to prevail on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, a petitioner must demonstrate prejudice). We reject petitioners’ contention that the BIA applied the wrong legal standard.

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