Cabrera Recinos v. Holder

MEMORANDUM

Rene Navarro Murillo and Patricia Hereida Navarro, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order de nying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo constitutional claims, including ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ March 31, 2008, motion to reopen for lack of prejudice. See Iturribama v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 899-90 (9th Cir.2003) (prejudice results when the performance of counsel “was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of the proceedings”) (internal quotation marks omitted).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (a). See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir.2002).

The supplemental evidence petitioners presented with them motion concerned the same basic hardship…