Miranda

Miranda v. Mukasey

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261 F. App'x 947
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 2007No. 06-72506California312 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pedro Miranda, Maricela de Miranda-Chavez, and their daughter Elaina Magali Miranda, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings and remand. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioners’ motion to reopen, where the BIA considered the psychological report indicating petitioners’ U.S. citizen son’s mental health had deteriorated and acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence was insufficient to warrant reopening. See Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2002) (BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen shall be reversed only if it is “arbitrary, irrational or contrary to law”).

The remaining evidence petitioners presented with their motion to reopen concerned the same basic hardship grounds as their application for cancellation of removal. See Fernandez v. Gonzales,…

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