Case Name: Mayolo Aguilar MUNOZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-12
Citations: 158 F. App'x 40
Docket Number: No. 04-71460
Parties: Mayolo Aguilar MUNOZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 158
Pages: 40–41

Head Matter:
Mayolo Aguilar MUNOZ, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-71460.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 5, 2005.
Decided Dec. 12, 2005.
Carlos Vellanoweth, Esq., John Wolfgang Gehart, Vellanoweth & Gehart, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Hillel Smith, Anthony W. Norwood, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Mayolo Aguilar Munoz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") order of removal to the IJ to consider the merits of his untimely application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand. Castillo-Perez v. INS, 212 F.3d 518, 523 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA acted within its discretion in denying Munoz's motion to remand, and properly dismissed his appeal. Even if ineffective assistance caused the late filing of Munoz's cancellation application, Munoz failed to establish he was prejudiced. See Guzman v. INS, 318 F.3d 911, 903 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam) (finding no prejudice caused by counsel's alleged ineffective assistance "given the strict standard for finding 'extreme' hardship" in a suspension of deportation case).
Petitioner's contention that the IJ had an obligation to raise sua sponte an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on his behalf likewise fails because petitioner cannot demonstrate prejudice. See id.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.