Opinion
No. 09-71203 Agency No. A097-102-876
04-19-2012
DANIEL MAINGI KINGOO, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Daniel Maingi Kingoo, a native and citizen of Kenya, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") order denying his motion to reopen proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the BIA's decision, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Kingoo's motion to reopen because Kingoo did not comply with the threshold requirements of Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), at the time he filed his motion with the IJ, and the alleged ineffective assistance was not "plain on the face of the administrative record." Castillo-Perez v. INS, 212 F.3d 518, 525 (9th Cir. 2000).
In light of our disposition, we need not reach Kingoo's remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.