Case Name: Saovutha SUON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-17
Citations: 342 F. App'x 351
Docket Number: No. 05-76241
Parties: Saovutha SUON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD, M. SMITH, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 342
Pages: 351–353

Head Matter:
Saovutha SUON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-76241.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 11, 2009 .
Filed Aug. 17, 2009.
Saovutha Suon, Long Beach, CA, pro se.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Terri J. Scadron, Esq., Robbin K. Blaya, Esq., John S. Stevens, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Offiee of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: KLEINFELD, M. SMITH, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Saovutha Suon, a native and citizen of Cambodia, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002), and review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings, Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA acted within its discretion in denying Suon's motion to reconsider because the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA's July 22, 2005, order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1).
The IJ did not violate Suon's statutory right to be represented , by counsel of his choice at his own expense or otherwise violate due process when she deemed his applications abandoned. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error for a petitioner to prevail on a due process claim); cf. Mendoza-Mazarie- gos v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 1074, 1080-1084 (9th Cir.2007).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.