Rincon

Rincon v. Ashcroft

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92 F. App'x 520
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 23, 2004No. 03-70916California270 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Servando Rodriguez Rincon, and his wife Francisca Rodriguez Suarez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of their motion to reopen removal proceedings to apply for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Celis-Castellano v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 888, 890 (9th Cir.2002), and de novo due process violations, Hartooni v. INS, 21 F.3d 336, 339 (9th Cir.1994). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Petitioners’ motion to reopen for CAT relief because they did not demonstrate that it is more likely than not that they would be tortured upon return to Mexico. See Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003); Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 965-966 (9th Cir.2002) (a motion to reopen may only be granted where the alien can establish prima facie eligibility for the requested relief).

Petitioners’ contention that their due process rights were violated because the BIA failed to adequately consider their prima facie eligibility for…

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