Lara

MEMORANDUM **

Jesus Concepcion Arambula Lara and Cruz Olivia Arambula Martinez, married natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of two Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) orders: a 2006 order denying then- motion to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel, and a 2005 order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s order denying 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 reopen and review de novo due process claims. Lin v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 1014, 1023 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petitions for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion to reopen because petitioners have not established prejudice from their prior counsel’s performance. See id. at 1024 (challenges based on ineffective assistance of counsel require showing of prejudice). Petitioners’ motion does not include evidence describing or documenting whether their daughter has existing or future medical needs. Evidence of their daughter’s past surgery and the general assertion in Arambula Martinez’s affidavit that the child requires “specialized treatments”…