Case Name: Edward Idowu SOFOWORA, aka Edward Idowu Sofowara, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-20
Citations: 585 F. App'x 472
Docket Number: No. 10-72424
Parties: Edward Idowu SOFOWORA, aka Edward Idowu Sofowara, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 472–473

Head Matter:
Edward Idowu SOFOWORA, aka Edward Idowu Sofowara, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-72424.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 14, 2014.
Filed Oct. 20, 2014.
Edward Idowu Sofowora, Tacoma, WA, pro se.
Stefanie N. Hennes, Trial, Oil, 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: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, we deny Sofowora's request for oral argument.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Edward Idowu Sofowora, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings held in ab-sentia. ' We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and we review de novo due process claims and questions of law. Hernandez-Vivas v. INS, 23 F.3d 1557, 1560 (9th Cir.1994). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA applied the correct legal standard and did not abuse its discretion in denying Sofowora's motion to reopen on the grounds that he was given a reasonable opportunity to appear and failed to establish reasonable cause for his absence at his deportation hearing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b) (1989) (alien may be deported in absentia if the alien had been given a reasonable opportunity to be present, and without reasonable cause, failed to attend the proceedings). The record shows the next hearing was scheduled in Sofowora's presence, and he was no longer represented by the attorney he alleges provided ineffective assistance and had retained new counsel. See Hernandez-Vivas, 23 F.3d at 1559-60 (no reasonable cause for absence where petitioner was aware of next hearing date but failed to appear). It follows that Sofowora's due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on due process claim).
We deny Sofowora's motion to appoint counsel.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.