Case Name: Rajesh SINGH, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-09-28
Citations: 249 F. App'x 574
Docket Number: No. 05-74016
Parties: Rajesh SINGH, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 249
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
Rajesh SINGH, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-74016.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 24, 2007.
Filed Sept. 28, 2007.
Frank P. Sprouls, Esq., Law Office of Ricci and Sprouls, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Dennis M. Wong, U.S. Dept of Justice, Civil Division, Dublin, CA, for Respondent.
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Peter D. Keisler is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Acting 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
Rajesh Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings due to ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion and review factual findings for substantial evidence. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Singh failed to demonstrate that his former counsel acted ineffectively. See id. at 793 (recognizing that to prevail on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim a petitioner must demonstrate that counsel failed to perform with sufficient competence). The record supports the BIA's determination that Singh's former counsel notified Singh of the BIA's order dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's decision. The BIA also properly concluded that Singh failed to establish that he engaged his former counsel to file an adjustment application on his behalf. Accordingly, in denying the motion to reopen the BIA did not act "arbitrarily, irrationally or contrary to law." Id. at 791.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.