Case Name: Fidel HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-28
Citations: 261 F. App'x 985
Docket Number: No. 06-72435
Parties: Fidel HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 261
Pages: 985–986

Head Matter:
Fidel HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-72435.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 20, 2007 .
Filed Dec. 28, 2007.
Noam Mendelson, Daly City, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Angela N. Liang, Trial Attorney, San Francisco, CA, DOJ— U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Fidel Hernandez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") decision denying his motion for issuance of a subpoena in a removal case. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion an IJ's decision not to issue a subpoena for the production of a witness. See Kaur v. INS, 237 F.3d 1098, 1099 (9th Cir.2001). We review de novo claims of constitutional violations in immigration proceedings. See Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 516 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.
The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying Hernandez's request to subpoena his U.S. citizen daughter Fidelina's doctor to testify, because Hernandez failed to demonstrate that the doctor's testimony was essential. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.35(b)(3) (IJ shall issue a subpoena upon being satisfied that the witness' evidence is essential). The BIA properly concluded that Hernandez failed to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the IJ's refusal to issue the subpoena. See Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.