Fajardo-Sandoval v. Holder

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 22 2009 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MARTA MARICELA FAJARDO- No. 06-72955 SANDOVAL; JOSE IGNACIO LARIOS- ALCARAZ, Agency Nos. A078-051-611 A095-397-967 Petitioners, v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted December 15, 2009 ** Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. Marta Maricela Fajardo-Sandoval and Jose Ignacio Larios-Alcaraz, 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). LA/Research order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo claims of due process violations in removal proceedings, Lopez-Umanzor v. Gonzales, 405 F.3d 1049, 1053 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny the petition for review. Contrary to the petitioners’ contention that the IJ violated due process by limiting their direct testimony and their expert’s testimony, the proceedings were not so fundamentally unfair that the petitioners “were prevented from reasonably presenting [their] case.” See Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000). Moreover, the petitioners failed to demonstrate that additional testimony would have potentially affected the outcome of the proceedings. See id. (requiring prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge). The petitioners’ contention that the BIA misapprehended the facts is not persuasive. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. LA/Research 2 06-72955