Ruben Padilla-Aguirre v. Eric Holder, Jr.

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 29 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RUBEN PADILLA-AGUIRRE and No. 09-73652 MARIA LUISA BARAJAS-VASQUEZ, Agency Nos. A094-945-147 Petitioners, A094-945-146 v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ** Submitted December 14, 2010 San Francisco, California Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Ruben Padilla-Aguirre and Maria Luisa Barajas-Vasquez, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ * 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). denial of their motion to reopen the underlying denial of their applications for cancellation of removal. In their motion to reopen, petitioners introduced new evidence of hardship that Barajas-Vasquez’s legal permanent resident father had suffered a knee injury requiring an operation. We conclude that the BIA properly considered the new evidence offered by petitioners, and acted within its broad discretion in determining that the evidence did not establish extreme hardship, and was insufficient to warrant reopening of the cancellation application. See Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir. 2000) (the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen shall be reversed only if it is “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law”). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 09-73652