Josephine Medrano-Boggs v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Josephine Medrano-Boggs, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of due process violations in immigration proceedings, Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1011 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.
Medrano-Boggs contends that the IJ violated her right to due process when the IJ did not postpone her merits hearing for her United States citizen spouse’s testimony. Medrano-Boggs’ contention fails because the IJ had already continued her merits hearing once before to obtain her spouse’s testimony and the spouse still did not appear. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and prejudice to prevail on a due process claim).
Medrano-Boggs also contends that the IJ deprived her of due process by failing to comply with 8 C.F.R. § 1240.1 (b). She fails to show any prejudice from the IJ’s failure to certify for the record that he, as a substitute judge, had reviewed her record. See Lata, 204 F.3d at 1246 .