Luna v. Mukasey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Luna v. Mukasey, 262 F. App'x 51 (9th Cir. 2007)
Goodwin, Hawkins, Wallace

Luna v. Mukasey

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Juan Gutierrez Luna, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 894 (9th Cir. 2003), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion to reopen, where the BIA considered the psychological report indicating Gutierrez Luna’s U.S. citizen daughter had delayed cognitive development 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) (BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen shall be reversed only if it is “arbitrary, irrational or contrary to law”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Jose Juan Gutierrez LUNA v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General
Status
Published