Uribe

MEMORANDUM *

Maria Uribe, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying Uribe’s untimely motion to reopen cancellation of removal proceedings. 1 In her motion to reopen, Uribe alleged that she received ineffective assistance of counsel from two attorneys: from Uribe’s first attorney, Walter Pineda, whose multiple professional failures and omissions she claims resulted in deprivation of her right to seek cancellation of removal; and from Uribe’s second attorney, Mashiur Chowdhury, who filed a petition for review in our court one day late, thus also failing to make a timely filing. The BIA denied Uribe’s motion on December 29, 2003, stating:

The BIA order discusses the merits of Uribe’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim regarding her first attorney, Walter Pineda, reciting that “the respondent provides insufficient information from which to conclude that the respondent assisted Mr. Pineda in submitting an application for cancellation of removal.” The BIA did not *464 at all discuss Uribe’s claim regarding her second attorney, Mashiur Chowdhury.

The BIA’s order denying Uribe’s motion to reopen presents us…