DOMINGO MARIO VARGAS and SILVIA SANCHEZ-ALVAREZ v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DOMINGO MARIO VARGAS and
SILVIA SANCHEZ-ALVAREZ,
Petitioners,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-71556
Agency Nos. A070-928-102
A095-305-120
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 29, 2010
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Domingo Mario Vargas and Silvia Sanchez-Alvarez, natives and citizens of
Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order
denying their motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We
have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the
FILED
JUL 12 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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denial of a motion to reopen, and de novo questions of law, including claims of
ineffective assistance of counsel. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92
(9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the petitioners’ motion to
reopen because the petitioners failed to present an ineffective assistance of counsel
claim against attorneys who represented them before the agency. See id. at 793.
Further, the petitioners failed to show that they were prejudiced by their former
counsel’s actions. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 899-900 (9th Cir. 2003)
(requiring prejudice to prevail in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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