Blanca Maria Rosas-Angeles 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
BLANCA MARIA ROSAS-ANGELES,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-71815
Agency No. A077-190-477
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted September 24, 2013**
Before: RAWLINSON, N.R. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Blanca Maria Rosas-Angeles, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal
from an immigration judge’s denial of her motion to reopen removal proceedings
based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.
FILED
OCT 02 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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§ 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen.
Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition
for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Rosas-Angeles’s motion to
reopen where she failed to establish prejudice arising from the alleged ineffective
assistance by former counsel. See id. at 793-94 (“[P]rejudice results when the
performance of counsel was so inadequate that it may have affected the outcome of
the proceedings.” (emphasis in original) (internal quotation marks omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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