U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2009

Caballero v. Holder

Caballero v. Holder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 31, 2009 · Hawkins, Thomas, Wallace
344 F. App'x 340

Caballero v. Holder

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Martin Vega Caballero and Martha Patricia Alvarado Guerrero, husband and wife and natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reopen. 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. 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 by denying petitioners’ motion to reopen because the BIA considered the evidence they 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) (BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen shall be reversed only if it is “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law.”).

*341We do not consider petitioners’ contentions that they did not receive notice of their hearing, and were improperly removed in absentia, because these claims were addressed in Vega v. Gonzales, 161 Fed.Appx. 727 (9th Cir. 2006).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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

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