Gonzalez

Gonzalez v. Mukasey

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501 F. App'x 705
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 201207-74077, 11-72034California238 words

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MEMORANDUM

In these consolidated petitions for review, Rosa Maria Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) orders dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application for cancellation of removal and denying her motion to reopen alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We dismiss the petition for review in No. 07-74077, and deny the petition for review in No. 11-72034.

We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s discretionary determination that Gonzalez failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to her qualifying relatives. See Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 975, 978 (9th Cir.2009). Gonzalez’s contention that the agency erred by failing to consider hardship to her eldest daughter is belied by the record.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Gonzalez’s motion to reopen for failure to establish prejudice. Mohammed, 400 F.3d at 793-94 (prejudice results when counsel’s actions may…

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