Santos-Salado

Santos-Salado v. Holder

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361 F. App'x 860
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 8, 2010No. 07-73102California230 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Mario Santos-Salado and Wendy Robles-Palma, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen and reconsider. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and reconsider, and review de novo claims of due process violations, including ineffective assistance of counsel claims, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioners’ motion to reopen re *861 garding ineffective assistance of counsel because petitioners failed to comply with the requirements set forth in Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), and the ineffective assistance is not plain on the face of the record. See Reyes v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 592, 597-99 (9th Cir.2004).

In their opening brief, petitioners fail to challenge the BIA’s decision denying their motion to reconsider and have waived any challenge to the BIA’s determination that they failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA’s prior order denying their motion to…

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