Eleuterio Vasquez v Holder

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Eleuterio Vasquez v Holder, 407 F. App'x 188 (9th Cir. 2010)

Eleuterio Vasquez v Holder

Opinion

ORDER

The memorandum disposition filed on July 30, 2010, is withdrawn. An amended memorandum disposition is being filed concurrently with this order.

Reyes Vasquez’s petition for panel rehearing is denied.

*189 MEMORANDUM **

Eleuterio Reyes Vasquez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 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 Reyes Vasquez’s motion to reopen, where the BIA considered the new evidence of his United States citizen daughter’s mental health condition 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.”)

To the extent Reyes Vasquez contends that the BIA failed to consider some or all of the evidence he submitted with the motion to reopen, he has not overcome the presumption that the BIA did review the record. See Franco-Rosendo v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 965, 966 (9th Cir. 2006).

We cannot consider the new information set forth in Reyes Vasquez’s brief regarding 1) the fact that his children now live with him rather than with their mothers, 2) his disability, or 3) Dayana’s diagnosis, because that information was not before the BIA when it denied Reyes Vasquez’s motion to reopen. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A). Our decision, however, does not preclude Reyes Vasquez from presenting that new information to the BIA, and requesting it to reopen proceedings sua sponte pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

Reference

Full Case Name
Eleuterio Reyes VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished