Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-03-16 00:02:08+00
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                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                         FILED
                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT                          MAR 15 2011

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                          U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

ANA ELIZABETH VELASCO,                            No. 08-75143

               Petitioner,                        Agency No. A075-764-078

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted February 15, 2011 **

Before:        CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

       Ana Elizabeth Velasco, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review

of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen.

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 due process claims. Mohammed

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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 Velasco’s motion to reopen

for failure to show prejudice. See id. at 793-94 (prejudice results when “the

performance of counsel was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of

the proceedings.”) (emphasis in original).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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