Perez

MEMORANDUM **

Francisco Javier Perez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) April 18, 2003 order denying his motion to reopen his deportation proceedings due to ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Kalaw v. INS, 133 *550 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Celis-Castellano v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 888, 890 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review in part, and dismiss it in part.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Perez’s motion to reopen because Perez did not demonstrate that his prior attorney’s failure to apply for adjustment of status and a waiver of inadmissibility caused Perez any prejudice. See Iturribavria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 901 (9th Cir.2003) (petitioner must show prejudice in order to demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel).

We lack jurisdiction to consider the BIA’s discretionary determination that pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 212 (h), Perez is prima facie ineligible for a waiver of inadmissibility because Perez failed to demonstrate the requisite hardship. Cf. Kalaw, 133…