FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 21 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CARLOS SALAZAR-HOLGUIN, No. 14-72038
Petitioner, Agency No. A019-842-333
v.
MEMORANDUM*
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 14, 2016**
Before: BEA, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Carlos Salazar-Holguin, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review
of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal. We review de novo claims of due
*
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).
process violations due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Mohammed v.
Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791-92 (9th Cir. 2005). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not err in rejecting Salazar-Holguin’s claim of ineffective
assistance of counsel for failure to demonstrate prejudice, where Salazar-Holguin
has failed to establish that he has any plausible grounds for asylum, adjustment of
status, or any other form of relief from removal. See Morales Apolinar v.
Mukasey, 514 F.3d 893, 898 (9th Cir. 2008) (to establish prejudice resulting from
counsel’s deficient performance, a petitioner must “show plausible grounds for
relief” (citation and quotation marks omitted)).
In light of this disposition, we do not reach Salazar-Holguin’s remaining
contentions concerning former counsel’s performance or his noncompliance with
the requirements of Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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