Case Name: GUANGFU LIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-24
Citations: 474 F. App'x 711
Docket Number: No. 08-71088
Parties: GUANGFU LIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 711–712

Head Matter:
GUANGFU LIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-71088.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 17, 2012.
Filed July 24, 2012.
Guangfu Liu, Alhambra, CA, pro se.
Virginia Lum, OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, CAC-District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Le-fevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, 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
Guangfu Liu, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absen-tia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand or reopen, Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2005), and review de novo due process claims, see Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Liu's motion to remand based on ineffective assistance of counsel. Because Liu did not demonstrate insufficient notice of his hearing, he did not establish that former counsel's actions "may have affected the outcome" of his proceedings. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(ii); Mohammed, 400 F.3d at 793-94 (to prevail on an ineffective assistance claim, a petitioner must demonstrate that "the performance of counsel was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of the proceedings") (internal citation omitted).
In addition, the agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Liu's second motion to reopen as number-barred. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2).
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Liu's remaining due process contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.