Case Name: Mario Alfonso CANAS-CANAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-11-19
Citations: 487 F. App'x 391
Docket Number: No. 11-70241
Parties: Mario Alfonso CANAS-CANAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 487
Pages: 391–392

Head Matter:
Mario Alfonso CANAS-CANAS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-70241.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 13, 2012.
Filed Nov. 19, 2012.
Mario Alfonso Canas-Canas, Huntington Park, CA, pro se.
Sung UK Park, Esquire, Law Offices of Sung U. Park, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.
Derek C. Julius, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Mario Alfonso Canas-Canas, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings held in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo questions of law. Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208, 1209 (9th Cir.2000) (per curiam). We deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Canas-Canas' motion to reopen on the ground that he failed to establish reasonable cause for his absence at his deportation hearing where the record shows the next hearing was scheduled in his presence and his counsel was personally served with a notice of the hearing. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b) (1990) (petitioner must establish "reasonable cause" for failure to appear); Hernandez-Vivas v. INS, 23 F.3d 1557, 1559-60 (9th Cir.1994) (no reasonable cause for absence where petitioner was aware of next hearing date but failed to appear). It follows that Canas-Canas' 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).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.