U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2006

Banderas v. Gonzales

Banderas v. Gonzales
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 3, 2006
196 F. App'x 545

Banderas v. Gonzales

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Wendy Araceli Banderas and Jose Juan Jimenez-Carlos, married natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion to reopen, because the BIA considered the evidence petitioners submitted and acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence was insufficient to warrant reopening. See Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir. 2002) (The BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen shall be reversed only if it is “arbitrary, irrational or contrary to law.”).

*546Petitioners’ contention that the agency deprived them of due process by refusing to reopen proceedings does not state a colorable due process claim. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir. 2005) (“[t]raditional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute color-able constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction.”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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