Miranda-Leyva
Miranda-Leyva v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*416 MEMORANDUM **
This is a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying petitioners’ motion to reopen.
The evidence presented with the motion to reopen concerned the same hardship grounds as the applications for cancellation of removal. We therefore lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s discretionary determination that the evidence would not alter its prior discretionary determination that Miranda-Leyva failed to establish the requisite hardship. See Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 600, 602-03 (9th Cir.2006) (holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(2)(B)(i) bars this court from reviewing the denial of a motion to reopen where “the only question presented is whether [the] new evidence altered the prior, underlying discretionary determination that [the petitioner] had not met the hardship standard.”) (internal quotations and brackets omitted).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen for failure to comply with the requirements set forth in Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637, 639 (BIA 1988). In addition, the prejudice petitioners alleged from ineffective assistance of counsel, the inability to pursue an appeal from…