Opinion
No. 07-74350.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed March 24, 2010.
Jorge I. Rodriguez Choi, Esquire, Law Office of Jorge I. Rodriguez Choi, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Kristin Edison, Carol Federighi, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, Daniel Eric Goldman, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, OIL, Stuart S. Nickum, Esquire, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, 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. A075-318-977.
Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Elfego Lopez Garzon, 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 pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Franco-Rosendo v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 965, 966 (9th Cir. 2006). We grant the petition for review and remand.
The BIA abused its discretion when it denied Lopez Garzon's motion to reopen because it failed to properly consider evidence of the future hardship resulting from his U.S. citizen son's diagnosis of ocular neuritis and his permanent loss of vision in his left eye. See id. PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.