JOAQUIN AGUILAR-JUARICO, AKA Joaquin A. Aguilar Juarico v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOAQUIN AGUILAR-JUARICO, AKA
Joaquin A. Aguilar Juarico,
Petitioner,
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 16-71171
Agency No. A088-673-914
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted November 18, 2019**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN Circuit Judges.
Joaquin Aguilar-Juarico, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review
of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen
removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for
abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder,
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
NOV 22 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 16-71171
597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Aguilar-Juarico’s motion to
reopen, where he failed to demonstrate prima facie eligibility for relief. See 8
C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); Lopez-Vasquez v. Holder, 706 F.3d 1072, 1080 (9th Cir.
2013) (“The BIA is entitled to deny a motion to reopen where the applicant fails to
demonstrate prima facie eligibility for the underlying relief.”); see also Reyes v.
Lynch, 842 F.3d 1125, 1131 (9th Cir. 2016) (explaining cognizability standard);
Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (an applicant’s “desire to be
free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang
members bears no nexus to a protected ground”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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