Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-05-14 15:05:37.235698+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 12-3007
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                        Rode Amabilia Hernandez Flores

                             lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner

                                           v.

            Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States

                            lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent
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                      Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals
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                            Submitted: April 30, 2013
                              Filed: May 14, 2013
                                [Unpublished]
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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Guatemalan citizen Rode Amabilia Hernandez Flores (Hernandez) petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her request
for a remand. For the following reasons, we conclude that the BIA did not abuse its
discretion in denying her request. See Clifton v. Holder, 598 F.3d 486, 490-91 (8th
Cir. 2010) (standard of review). First, Hernandez did not submit an application for
the relief she wished to pursue. See Waggoner v. Gonzales, 488 F.3d 632, 638-39
(5th Cir. 2007) (BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying request for remand
because petitioner did not comply with 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1) by submitting
application for relief with remand request). Second, to the extent her request was
based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, she failed to comply with the
requirements of Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637, 639 (BIA 1988) (to permit
reopening based on ineffective assistance of counsel, petitioner must submit affidavit
attesting to relevant facts; must inform counsel of allegations and allow response; and
must state whether complaint has been filed with appropriate disciplinary authorities,
and if not, why not). See Habchy v. Gonzales, 471 F.3d 858, 863-64 (8th Cir. 2006)
(no abuse of discretion in requiring substantial compliance with Lozada when it is
necessary to serve overall purposes of Lozada, i.e., to discourage baseless allegations
and to provide framework for determining merits of ineffective-assistance claim
where such merits are not evident from record). Finally, to the extent she was
challenging the treatment of her asylum claim as derivative of her father’s claim, we
conclude that such consideration was proper under the circumstances. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1158(b)(3)(B) (unmarried alien, who was under 21 years of age when parent applied
for asylum, shall continue to be classified as child for purposes of derivative asylum,
if alien attained 21 years of age while parent’s application was pending).

      Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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