FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 19 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE MARIA MEJIA-MORA, a.k.a. No. 12-70107
Oscar Garcia-Vargas,
Agency No. A091-996-085
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 14, 2013 **
Before: SCHROEDER, GRABER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
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
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 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 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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