Court Opinion

ID: 8427361
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 03:35:09.515348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:32.727684
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM **
Jose Luis Zaragoza and his wife Leticia Aceves-Castaneda, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying their motion to reopen their deportation proceedings due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the transitional rules apply, Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for abuse of discretion a denial of a motion to reopen and we review de novo due process violations, Sharma v. INS, 89 F.3d 545, 547 (9th Cir.1996). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Petitioners’ motion to reopen because Petitioners did not demonstrate that their prior attorney’s failure to introduce *65evidence on the medical condition of their daughter, or any other alleged failure, caused them prejudice. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 899 (9th Cir.2003) (petitioner must show prejudice in order to demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel).
Petitioners’ contention that the BIA abused its discretion by failing to find that their ineffective assistance of counsel claim constitutes an exceptional circumstance sufficient to warrant reopening lacks merit.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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