Magallon-Del Toro v. Mukasey

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285 F. App'x 358
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 7, 2008Nos. 04-75405, 05-70257California336 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

In these consolidated petitions, Baltazar Magallon-Del Toro, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order and denying his motion to remand, and the BIA order- denying hjs motion to reconsider its earlier order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo claims of due process violations, Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921 (9th Cir.2007), and for abuse of discretion the denial of'motions to remand and reconsider, Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004), amended by 404 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir.2005).We deny the petitions for review.

We are not persuaded that MagallonDel Toro’s counsel denied him the opportunity reasonably to present his case before the IJ, as the record indicates he sought voluntary departure in lieu of submitting a *359 relief application after reasoned discussions with counsel. Cf. Rodriguez-Lariz v. INS, 282 F.3d 1218, 1226 (9th Cir.2002).

The IJ did not violate Magallon-Del Toro’s procedural due process rights because he was represented by counsel, was provided more than a year to submit a…

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