FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 04 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
AMELIA MIGDALIA MUNOZ-CAMEY, No. 12-70018
Petitioner, Agency No. A073-985-619
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 12, 2015**
Pasadena, California
Before: GRABER and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and MOLLOY,*** Senior
District Judge.
Amelia Munoz-Camey, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming the
*
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).
***
The Honorable Donald W. Molloy, Senior District Judge for the U.S.
District Court for the District of Montana, sitting by designation.
Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of her application for suspension of deportation.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for
review.
1. We have jurisdiction to review Munoz-Camey’s claim that she was
denied due process in her deportation proceedings before the IJ. See 8 U.S.C. §
1252(a)(2)(D); Reyes-Melendez v. INS, 342 F.3d 1001, 1006 (9th Cir. 2003)
(“Notwithstanding the[] statutory limitations on judicial review, we retain the
power to review constitutional due process challenges to immigration decisions.”).
2. The BIA correctly concluded that the IJ did not violate Munoz-Camey’s
due process rights during her deportation proceeding. See Reyes-Melendez, 342
F.3d at 1006. Munoz-Camey failed to show that the IJ abandoned his neutral fact-
finding role, or that she did not receive a “reasonable opportunity to present
evidence on [her] behalf.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). IJs are
authorized to “interrogate, examine, and cross-examine” the petitioner and any
witnesses. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(1). Here, no violation of Munoz-Camey’s due
process rights was shown where the IJ did no more than “ask[] tough questions or
assum[e] an unfriendly manner.” Perez-Lastor v. I.N.S., 208 F.3d 773, 782 n.9
2
(9th Cir. 2000); see also Antonio-Cruz v. I.N.S., 147 F.3d 1129, 1131 (9th Cir.
1998).1
3. Munoz-Camey has not shown that prejudice resulted from any due
process violation. See Antonio-Cruz, 147 F.3d at 1131.
Petition DENIED.
1
We agree with the BIA that the IJ’s tone was not a “model of judicial
temperament,” but conclude that his questioning did not rise to the level of a due
process violation.
3