Melvin Roberto Palma Sandoval v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MELVIN ROBERTO PALMA
SANDOVAL,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-71022
Agency No. A096-353-209
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 22, 2015**
Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Melvin Roberto Palma Sandoval, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his
motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen.
FILED
JUN 29 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for
review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Palma Sandoval’s untimely
motion to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), because it considered the record and
acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence was insufficient
to demonstrate prima facie eligibility for the relief sought, see Najmabadi, 597
F.3d at 986 (BIA may deny a motion to reopen based on failure to show prima
facie eligibility for the relief sought); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007,
1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (petitioner’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”). We reject Palma Sandoval’s contention that the BIA did not
give full and fair consideration to the evidence. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990-
91. In light of these conclusions, we reject Palma Sandoval’s contention that
remand is required under Perdomo v. Holder, 611 F.3d 662 (9th Cir. 2010).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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