U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2013

Jose Mejia-Mora v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Jose Mejia-Mora v. Eric Holder, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 19, 2013 · Schroeder, Graber, Paez
538 F. App'x 807

Jose Mejia-Mora v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Maria Mejia-Mora, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen, Garcia v. Holder, 621 F.3d 906, 912 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Mejia-Mora filed a timely motion to reopen with new, previously unavailable, evidence of hardship to his United States citizen daughter to support his application for cancellation of removal. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Mejia-Mora’s motion to reopen on the ground that the new evidence of his daughter’s diagnosis with Bell’s palsy was insufficient to establish prima facie eligibility for cancellation of removal. See id. at 912-913.

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.

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