Case Name: Lilies Laniwati LOKAJAYA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-28
Citations: 324 F. App'x 643
Docket Number: No. 05-75940
Parties: Lilies Laniwati LOKAJAYA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 324
Pages: 643–644

Head Matter:
Lilies Laniwati LOKAJAYA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-75940.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 13, 2009.
Filed April 28, 2009.
Kathleen Siok-Sien Koh, Esquire, Law Office of Kathleen S. Koh, Whittier, CA, for Petitioner.
CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Lilies Laniwati Lokajaya, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), we deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Lokajaya's motion to reopen because Lokajaya did not demonstrate that her former counsel failed to perform with sufficient competence. See Lin v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 1014, 1026-27 (9th Cir. 2004) (counsel fails to perform with sufficient competence where the proceeding was "so fundamentally unfair that [the alien] was prevented from reasonably presenting his case") (internal quotations omitted). Lokajaya also failed to demonstrate prejudice. See Lin, 377 F.3d at 1027 (to demonstrate prejudice, a petitioner must establish plausible grounds for relief).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.