Rodelmiro Estrada-Castillo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Rodelmiro Jesus Estrada-Castillo, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reconsider and to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of motions to reopen and reconsider, and review de novo claims of due process violations. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.

Construed as a motion to reconsider, the BIA was within its discretion in denying Estrada-Castillo’s motion where the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA’s prior decision denying reopening. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(1); Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176 , 1180 n. 2 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc) (purpose of a motion to reconsider is not to raise new facts, but rather to demonstrate that the immigration judge or the BIA erred as a matter of law or fact). It follows that Estrada-Castillo’s due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process…