Case Name: Araceli GUZMAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-12-14
Citations: 406 F. App'x 120
Docket Number: No. 07-73933
Parties: Araceli GUZMAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, RYMER, Circuit Judge, and KENNELLY, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 406
Pages: 120–121

Head Matter:
Araceli GUZMAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-73933.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued Nov. 4, 2010.
Submitted Nov. 30, 2010.
Filed Dec. 14, 2010.
Michael Grim, Yakima, WA, for Petitioner.
Katharine Clark, Esquire, Trial, Patrick James Glen, Esquire, James Arthur Hunolt, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, RYMER, Circuit Judge, and KENNELLY, District Judge.
The Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Araceli Guzman, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order reinstating her January 10, 1996 order of exclusion and deportation. We deny the petition.
I
Guzman's application to adjust her status was not denied on the basis of the ten-year bar in INA § 212(a)(9)(C), but because of her January 10, 1996 removal and bar from entering the United States "for a period of one year." The one-year bar was in effect at the time of her removal. 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(A) (1994). Reinstatement of removal was ordered pursuant to INA § 241(a)(5), which applies retroactively. Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales, 548 U.S. 30, 33, 126 S.Ct. 2422, 165 L.Ed.2d 323 (2006). Thus, neither the denial of Guzman's application nor the reinstatement of the prior order had an impermissible retroactive effect. Guzman does not challenge any of the factual predicates for reinstatement. See Padilla v. Ashcroft, 334 F.3d 921, 925 (9th Cir.2003).
II
Guzman did not seek discretionary waiver until after her removal order was reinstated. This meant that she was ineligible for "any relief," including adjustment of status. 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(5); cf. Duran-Gonzales v. DHS, 508 F.3d 1227, 1236 (9th Cir.2007). Any error in the 2009 denials of her waiver applications is harmless. See Padilla, 334 F.3d at 924-25.
III
Guzman had no right to counsel in the reinstatement proceeding because it was not before an immigration judge. Morales-Izquierdo v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 484, 497 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc). Thus, she cannot claim her attorney was ineffective during the proceeding. Nor can she claim that counsel was ineffective in failing to file an 1-212 waiver application. See Balam-Chuc v. Mukasey, 547 F.3d 1044, 1050-51 (9th Cir.2008). DHS wasn't obliged to allow her to file for cancellation of removal, as she never sought that relief. See Fernandez-Vargas, 548 U.S. at 42 n. 9, 126 S.Ct. 2422. Guzman is not similarly situated to the alien in In re Cisneros-Gonzalez, 23 I. & N. Dec. 668, 668-69 (BIA 2004), who had applied for cancellation of removal prior to his removal proceeding. Her remaining due process arguments lack merit.
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.