Cortes

Cortes v. Mukasey

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276 F. App'x 644
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 1, 2008No. 05-77261California283 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Cuevas Gustavo Cortes and his wife Alma Delia Cortes, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying them motion to remand and dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their application for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir. 2005), and review de novo claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, Lin v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 1014, 1024 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.

We agree with the BIA that the performance of petitioners’ former counsel did not result in prejudice, and thus them 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, petitioner must show prejudice).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioners’ motion to remand, because the BIA considered the evidence they submitted and acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence was…

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