Solorio Camacho v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Juan Jose Solorio Camacho, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reconsider its dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of his application for cancellation of removal, and his motion to reopen proceedings due to ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reconsider and a motion to reopen. See Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004), amended by 404 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir.2005). We review de novo questions of law and claims of due process violations, see id., and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying reconsideration because Solorio Camacho identified no error of law or fact in the BIA’s determination that Solorio Camacho lacked a qualifying relative. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229 (b)(1)(D).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying reopening because not only did Solorio Camacho provide no evidence that his counsel performed deficiently or acted in a fraudulent manner, Solorio Camacho also failed to…