Case Name: Mehdi SHAHBAKHSHI; Abar Katouzi Shahbakhshi, aka Azar Katouzi, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-02-20
Citations: 56 F. App'x 421
Docket Number: No. 01-71440; INS Nos. A71-609-126, A71-609-127
Parties: Mehdi SHAHBAKHSHI; Abar Katouzi Shahbakhshi, aka Azar Katouzi, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 56
Pages: 421–421

Head Matter:
Mehdi SHAHBAKHSHI; Abar Katouzi Shahbakhshi, aka Azar Katouzi, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.
No. 01-71440.
INS Nos. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ], [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 17, 2003.
Decided Feb. 20, 2003.
Before FRIEDMAN, KOZINSKI and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Daniel M. Friedman, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
1. The BIA acted within its discretion when it denied Petitioners' motion to reopen. Rodriguez-Lariz v. INS, 282 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2002). Petitioners failed to present new and material evidence establishing the existence of extreme hardship. See Pondoc Hernaez v. INS, 244 F.3d 752, 758 (9th Cir.2001). The BIA was not required to afford Petitioners a hearing. See id.
2. The proceedings before the Immigration Judge were not so fundamentally unfair as to violate Petitioners' due process rights. See Sanchez-Cruz v. INS, 255 F.3d 775, 779 (9th Cir.2001).
3. Petitioners' ineffective assistance claim is proeedurally barred because they failed to follow requirements articulated by the BIA in Matter of Lozada, 19 I & N Dec. 637, 639 (BIA 1988). See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000).
PETITION 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.