Samuel Montero-Pereyda v. Jefferson Sessions
Samuel Montero-Pereyda v. Jefferson Sessions
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 15 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SAMUEL MONTERO-PEREYDA, AKA No. 16-73185 Samuel Mondedo-Cadeda, Agency No. A205-489-582 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted June 12, 2018**
Before: RAWLINSON, CLIFTON, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Samuel Montero-Pereyda, 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 under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Martinez- Hernandez v. Holder, 778 F.3d 1086, 1088 (9th Cir. 2015). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Montero-Pereyda’s motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to show prejudice.
See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 793-94 (9th Cir. 2005) (to demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel, petitioner must show counsel failed to perform with sufficient competence and that petitioner was prejudiced by counsel’s performance; to show prejudice, petitioner must show counsel’s performance was so inadequate it may have affected the outcome of proceedings).
Because the prejudice determination is dispositive, we do not reach Montero-Pereyda’s contentions regarding former counsel’s performance. See Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538 (9th Cir. 2004).
Montero-Pereyda’s contention that the BIA applied the incorrect standard with regard to his claim under the Convention Against Torture is not supported.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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