Case Name: MEI HUA CHEN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-03-26
Citations: 223 F. App'x 417
Docket Number: No. 06-60632
Parties: MEI HUA CHEN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 223
Pages: 417–417

Head Matter:
MEI HUA CHEN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-60632
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 26, 2007.
Michael Anthony Brown, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
David Y. Bernal, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Patricia Ellen Hurt, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, E.M. Trominski, District Director, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service District Directors Office, Harlingen, TX, Trey Lund, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Director, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner Mei Hua Chen seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that denied her motion to reopen removal proceedings. In April 2005, an Immigration Judge (IJ) ordered Chen removed in absentia. In March 2006, after two prior motions to reopen had been denied, Chen filed her third motion to reopen. The BIA denied Chen's third motion to reopen as numerically barred pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) and also noted that, even if the motion were not number barred, it would be denied for failing to establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Chen argues that the BIA erred in finding that she had not established a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and that, as a result, the BIA abused its discretion in finding her motion numerically barred.
As Chen previously filed two other motions to reopen, her third motion to reopen was barred by the numerical limitation set forth in § 1003.2(c)(2), which permits only one motion to reopen. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Chen's motion to reopen. See Lara v. Trominski, 216 F.3d 487, 496 (5th Cir.2000). Furthermore, we agree with the BIA's observation regarding Chen's failure to establish a viable claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Chen's petition for review is DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.