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Martinez Cruz v. Mukasey

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Dec 2, 2008
302 F. App'x 616 (9th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No. 05-76979.

Submitted November 24, 2008.

The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).

Filed December 2, 2008.

John Stephen Glaser, Manulkin, Glaser Bennett, Fountain Valley, CA, for Petitioner.

CAC-District Counsel, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, John S. Hogan, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A095-875-301.

Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


MEMORANDUM

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


Patricia Martinez Cruz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her motion to re-consider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir. 2002), and review de novo claims of due process violations, id. We deny the petition for review.

The BIA was within its discretion in denying Martinez Cruz' motion to reconsider because the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law in the BIA's prior decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1); Socop-Gonzalez v. INS, 272 F.3d 1176, 1180 n. 2 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc). Martinez Cruz failed to demonstrate that the immigration judge deprived her of a full and fair hearing by accepting as true what counsel called an offer of proof and curtailing the testimony of Martinez Cruz' son. See Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000).

Martinez Cruz' voluntary departure contention is unpersuasive.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Martinez Cruz v. Mukasey

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Dec 2, 2008
302 F. App'x 616 (9th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

Martinez Cruz v. Mukasey

Case Details

Full title:Patricia MARTINEZ CRUZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Dec 2, 2008

Citations

302 F. App'x 616 (9th Cir. 2008)