Claudio Gutierrez v. Loretta Lynch

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 24, 2017
• Docket: 15-71462
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 24 2017

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CLAUDIO ALBERTO GUTIERREZ, No. 15-71462

Petitioner, Agency No. A089-430-072

v. MEMORANDUM* LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted January 18, 2017**

Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Claudio Alberto Gutierrez, a native and citizen of Argentina, petitions for

review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to

reopen removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We

review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v.

* 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). Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part

the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Gutierrez’s motion to reopen

on the ground that Gutierrez did not establish prejudice resulting from his prior

attorney’s alleged ineffective assistance. See id. at 793 (to prevail on an ineffective

assistance of counsel claim, a petitioner must demonstrate that he was prejudiced

by counsel’s performance).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s refusal to reopen proceedings sua

sponte. See Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 633 F.3d 818, 823-24 (9th Cir. 2011); cf.

Bonilla v. Lynch, 840 F.3d 575, 588 (9th Cir. 2016).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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