Case Name: Elliot Nilsson GARCIA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-07
Citations: 418 F. App'x 663
Docket Number: No. 07-74544
Parties: Elliot Nilsson GARCIA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 418
Pages: 663–664

Head Matter:
Elliot Nilsson GARCIA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-74544.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 15, 2011.
Filed March 7, 2011.
Susan Bennett Green, Trial, Oil, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 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, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Elliot Nilsson Garcia-Castro, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order and denying his motion to remand. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Romero-Ruiz v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1057, 1062 (9th Cir.2008), and review de novo claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not err in finding that Garcia-Castro had not shown prejudice from former counsel's failure to request he be granted asylum nunc pro tunc, to apply for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1159, or to apply for relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, where Garcia-Castro failed to establish that he qualified for such relief. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 899-900 (9th Cir.2003) (prejudice results when the performance of counsel was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of the proceedings). Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Garcia-Castro's motion to remand.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.