Case Name: Sergio Lopez SORIA and Maria Erendira Cruz Avila, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-01
Citations: 385 F. App'x 781
Docket Number: No. 09-71230
Parties: Sergio Lopez SORIA and Maria Erendira Cruz Avila, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 385
Pages: 781–782

Head Matter:
Sergio Lopez SORIA and Maria Erendira Cruz Avila, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-71230.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 29, 2010.
Filed July 1, 2010.
Sergio Lopez Soria, Anaheim, CA, pro se.
Maria Erendira Cruz Avila, Anaheim, CA, pro se.
Andrew Nathan O’Malley, Trial, Ernesto Horacio Molina, Jr., Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Le-fevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, 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
Sergio Lopez Soria and his wife, Maria Erendira Cruz Avila, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying their motion to reopen the underlying denial of their application for cancellation of removal based on changed country conditions, and their renewed claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT").
Petitioners' renewed claim for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under CAT, based on changed country conditions, failed to present evidence of changed country conditions in Mexico that are material to petitioners and their circumstances. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Nuru v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1207, 1216 (9th Cir.2005). In addition, petitioners' claim — that they are entitled to asylum and withholding of relief because they are Mexican aliens who would be targeted upon returning to Mexico from the United States — is not persuasive because petitioners have not alleged a cognizable social group and, thus, have not stated a claim for asylum or withholding of relief. See Delgado-Ortiz v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1148, 1151-52 (9th Cir.2010). Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners' motion to reopen.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.