# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls For the Eig hth Circu it

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Ro de Am ab il ia Hern an de z Fl or es

ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll lPeti ti on er

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Eric H. Hold er, J r., Att or ne y Gene ral of t he Uni te d S ta te s

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__ __ __ __ __ __ Pet it io n fo r Rev ie w of a n Ord er o f th e Bo ard of I m

m ig rat io n Ap pe al s

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14 , 20 13 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re MUR PHY, SMITH, an d C OLLOTO N, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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PER CURI AM.

Gua te m al an ci ti zen Ro de A m ab ili a H er na nde z Fl or es (H ernan de z) pe ti ti on s fo r

rev ie w of a n o rd er o f th e Bo ard of I m m ig rat io n App eal s (BIA) de nyin g he r req ue st fo r a rem an d. Fo r th e fo ll owi ng reas on s, we co nc lu de th at th e BIA di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n in de nyin g he r req ue st

. See Cl ift on v. Hol de r, 59 8 F.3d 48 6, 49 0- 91 (8 th Ci r. 20 10 ) (s ta nd ard of r ev ie w). Firs t, Hern an de z d id no t s ub m it an ap pl ic at io n fo rth e rel ie f sh e wis he d to pu rs u e

. S e e W ag go ne r v. Gon zal es , 48 8 F.3 d 63 2, 63 8- 39

(5 th Ci r. 20 07 ) (BIA di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n in de nyin g req ue st fo r rem an d be cau se pe ti ti on er di d no t co m pl y wit h 8 C.F.R. § 10 03 .2 ( c ) ( 1 ) by su bm it ti ng

a p p l i c a t io n fo r rel ie f wit h rem an d req ue st ). Seco nd , to th e ex te nt he r req ue st w a s ba se d on a cl ai m of in effe ct iv e as si st an ce of co un se l, sh e fai l e d to co m pl y wit h th e req ui r e men t s o f M a tt er of Loz ad a, 19 I. & N. Dec . 6 37 , 6 39 (BIA 19 88 ) (to pe rm it

reo pe ni ng ba se d on in effe ct iv e as si st an ce of co un se l, pe ti ti on er m us t su bm it affi da vi t
at te st in g to rel ev an t fact s; m us t in fo rm co un se l of al le ga ti on s an d al lo w res po ns e; an d

m us t st at e whe th er co m

pl ai nt ha s be en fil ed wit h ap pr op ria te di sc ip li na ry au th or it ie s,

an d if no t, why no t). See Hab ch y v. Gon zal es , 47 1 F.3 d 85 8, 86 3- 64 (8 th Ci r. 20 06 ) (n o ab us e of di sc ret io n in requi rin g su bs ta nt ia l co m pl ia nc e wit h Loz a d a w he n it is

ne ces sa ry to se rv e ov eral l pu rp os es of Loz ad a, i.e., to di sc ou rag e ba se le ss al le ga ti on s

an d to pr ov id e fram ewo rk fo r de te rm in in g m er i t s of in effe ct iv e-as si st an ce cl ai m whe re su ch m eri ts are no t ev id en t fro m reco rd ). Fi na ll y , t o th e ex te nt sh e was ch al le ng in g th e tre at m en t of he r as y lu m cl ai m as de riv at iv e of he r fat he r’s cl ai m , we

co nc lu de th at su ch co ns id erat io n was pr op er un de r th e ci rcu m st an ces

. See 8 U.S.C. § 11 58 (b )(3 )(B) (u nm arri ed al ie n, who was un de r 21 y ears of ag e whe n pa ren t ap pl ie d fo r as y lu m , sh al l co nt in ue to be cl as si fie d as ch il d fo r pu rp os es of de riv at iv e as y lu m , if a li en att ai ne d 2 1 years o f ag e whi le pa ren t’s ap pl ic at io n was pe nd in g)

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Acco rd in gl y , we den y

th e p et it io n fo r rev ie w. See 8 th Cir . R. 47 B.

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