Court Opinion

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                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            MAR 08 2011

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                               FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUAN GARDUNO-LOPEZ; FIDELA                         No. 08-74785
GARDUNO,
                                                   Agency Nos. A099-457-059
               Petitioners,                                    A099-457-060

  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.

       Juan Garduno-Lopez and Fidela Garduno, natives and citizens of Mexico,

petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying

their motion to reopen proceedings. 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

          *
             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).
novo claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400

F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.

         To the extent we have jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of petitioners’

motion to reopen, see Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 601 (9th Cir. 2006),

we conclude the BIA did not abuse its discretion in doing so based on the new

evidence of hardship, because the BIA considered the evidence of the U.S. citizen

children’s mood disorders, and acted within its broad discretion in determining the

evidence was insufficient to establish prima facie eligibility for cancellation of

removal. See Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir. 2002) (BIA’s denial of a

motion to reopen shall be reversed only if it is “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to

law”).

         Nor did the BIA abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen

based on the claim that prior counsel provided ineffective assistance, where they

did not establish that evidence of their children’s problems was available

previously. See Rojas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 814, 826 (9th Cir. 2003) (to

prevail on ineffective assistance of counsel claim, alien must demonstrate

prejudice).

         PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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