Case Name: Jorge MORENO-SANDOVAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-06
Citations: 452 F. App'x 751
Docket Number: No. 09-73868
Parties: Jorge MORENO-SANDOVAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SILVERMAN, W. FLETCHER, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 452
Pages: 751–752

Head Matter:
Jorge MORENO-SANDOVAL, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-73868.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 27, 2011.
Filed Oct. 6, 2011.
Roland Albert Frazier, Senior Litigation, Immigration Public Justice-CCSC, Covington, WA, for Petitioner.
Kimberly A. Burdge, Esquire, Trial, 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: SILVERMAN, W. FLETCHER, and MURGUIA, 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
Jorge Moreno-Sandoval, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo claims of due process violations due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Moreno-Sandoval's motion to reopen on the ground that he did not establish prejudice from his former counsel's failure to challenge his removability. See id. at 793-94 (prejudice results when counsel's performance "was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of the proceedings") (citation omitted). We agree with the BIA that counsel's actions did not prejudice Moreno-Sandoval because he was correctly found removable as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(T), 1227(a)(2) (iii).
We lack jurisdiction to review Moreno-Sandoval's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in his prior proceedings before this court. See Singh v. Napolitano, 649 F.3d 899, 900-03, 2011 WL 148526B, at *1-8 (9th Cir.2011) (per curiam).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.