Case Name: Melvin Roberto Palma SANDOVAL, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-06-29
Citations: 609 F. App'x 365
Docket Number: No. 12-71022
Parties: Melvin Roberto Palma SANDOVAL, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 609
Pages: 365–366

Head Matter:
Melvin Roberto Palma SANDOVAL, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-71022.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 22, 2015.
June 29, 2015.
Areg Kazaryan, Law Offices of Areg Kazaryan, Glendale, CA, for Petitioner.
Oil, Jane Tracey Schaffner, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Melvin Roberto Palma Sandoval, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir.2010). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Palma Sandoval's untimely motion to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), because it considered the record and acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence was insufficient to demonstrate prima facie eligibility for the relief sought, see Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 986 (BIA may deny a motion to reopen based on failure to show prima facie eligibility for the relief sought); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir.2010) (petitioner's "desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground"). We reject Palma Sandoval's contention that the BIA did not give full and fair consideration to the evidence. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990-91. In light of these conclusions, we reject Palma Sandoval's contention that remand is required under Perdomo v. Holder, 611 F.3d 662 (9th Cir.2010).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.