Sanchez

Sanchez v. Mukasey

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256 F. App'x 159
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 27, 2007No. 04-71341California232 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Ambroeio Sanchez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to remand, and dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the denial of a motion to remand for abuse of discretion. Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir.2005). We review claims of due process violations due to ineffective assistance of counsel de novo. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir.2005). We deny the petition for review.

We agree with the BIA’s conclusion that the performance by prior counsel did not result in prejudice to Sanchez, thus his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails. See Rojas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 814, 826 (9th Cir.2003) (to prevail on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, a petitioner must demonstrate prejudice). To the extent Sanchez contends the BIA 'failed to consider some or all of the evidence he submitted with the motion to remand, he has not overcome the presumption that the BIA did…

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