Case Name: Martin Valdez RAMIREZ; Maria Loreto Alvarado Valdez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-12
Citations: 158 F. App'x 797
Docket Number: No. 04-74476
Parties: Martin Valdez RAMIREZ; Maria Loreto Alvarado Valdez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 158
Pages: 797–798

Head Matter:
Martin Valdez RAMIREZ; Maria Loreto Alvarado Valdez, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-74476.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 5, 2005.
Decided Dec. 12, 2005.
Martin Valdez Ramirez, Norwalk, CA, pro se.
Maria Loreto Alvarado Valdez, Norwalk, CA, pro se.
Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Legal Officer, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Esq., Luis E. Perez, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Martin Valdez Ramirez and Maria Lore-to Alvarado Valdez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of their motion to reopen their applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction to review the BIA's denial of petitioners' motion to reopen. See Zazueta-Carrillo v. Ashcroft, 322 F.3d 1166, 1169-70 (9th Cir.2003). We review for an abuse of discretion, Bhasin v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 977, 983 (9th Cir.2005), and deny the petition for review.
Petitioners were required to present evidence that was unavailable or undiscoverable at their hearing. See id. at 984. However, even assuming that the unverified assertions in petitioners' motion to reopen and letters are "evidence" for purposes of a motion to reopen, they are insufficient. Nothing suggests that their son's medical condition was not previously known. Indeed, petitioners' appeal brief to the BIA, filed seven months after the hearing, alleging a "continuous medical problem," suggests the contrary. Cf. id. at 987. So do their statements in the motion to reopen to the effect that he suffers from a "life long" condition. Cf. id. The BIA, therefore, did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen. Cf. id. at 983.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.