Leticia Noveron De Salgado v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LETICIA NOVERON DE SALGADO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-73739
Agency No. A095-185-200
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 17, 2013**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Leticia Noveron De Salgado, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se
for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her
motion to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel.
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the
FILED
DEC 26 2013
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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denial of a motion to reopen, and review de novo questions of law. 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 Noveron De Salgado’s
motion to reopen where she failed to establish prejudice arising from any alleged
ineffective assistance by her 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.”).
In light of this disposition, we need not reach Noveron De Salgado’s
remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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