Case Name: Mohammad Amin SAYANI, 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: 2007-06-08
Citations: 236 F. App'x 99
Docket Number: No. 06-60043
Parties: Mohammad Amin SAYANI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 236
Pages: 99–100

Head Matter:
Mohammad Amin SAYANI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 06-60043
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 8, 2007.
Raed Gonzalez, Quan, Burdette & Perez, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Robert N. Markle, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Linda Susan Wendtland, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Trey Lund, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field, Office Director, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.
Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Mohammad Amin Sayani petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings. Sayani contends that the BIA abused its discretion in denying his motion to reopen, which raised the claims that counsel was ineffective for failing to inform the Immigration Judge (IJ) that Sayani was eligible for adjustment of status pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1255(i) and that counsel's failure violated his right to due process with regard to his adjustment of status application.
The BIA determined that Sayani had not demonstrated that he was prejudiced by counsel's allegedly deficient performance because Sayani was not statutorily eligible for adjustment of status. Sayani argues that he is statutorily eligible for adjustment of status under § 1255(i) because he is the beneficiary of a family-based visa petition filed on his behalf by his brother before April 30, 2001, and because he has a job offer and is the beneficiary of a labor certification filed on his behalf on April 30, 2001. However, these show only that Sayani was eligible to apply for adjustment, see § 1255(i)(l)(B)(i), (ii), not that he was eligible for adjustment. See § 1255(i)(2); Ahmed v. Gonzales, 447 F.3d 433, 438-39 (5th Cir.2006).
Although Sayani asserts a constitutional claim of ineffective assistance of counsel grounded on a due process argument, he has failed to allege a violation of due process. "This circuit has repeatedly held that discretionary relief from removal, including an application for an adjustment of status, is not a liberty or property right that requires due process protection." Ahmed, 447 F.3d at 440 (citations omitted). Because Sayani has no due process right to adjustment of status under § 1255(i), he has "no due process right to effective assistance of counsel in pursuit of that relief." See Gutierrez-Morales v. Homan, 461 F.3d 605, 609 (5th Cir.2006). Likewise, his due process rights were not violated by the BIA's denial of his motion to reopen despite that he has never been able to adjudicate before the IJ his application for adjustment of status. See id. at 609-10. Nor did he have a due process right to a continuance of the removal proceedings. See Ahmed, 447 F.3d at 440.
The 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.