PARRA MALDONADO AKA AKA v. SESSIONS III (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Luis Alfredo Parra Maldonado, a native and citizen of Ecuador, 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 review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Parra Maldonado’s motion to reopen based on new evidence because Parra Maldonado failed to establish the evidence was not previously available or could have been discovered at the former hearing. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); see also Goel v. Gonzales, 490 F.3d 735, 738 (9th Cir. 2007) (holding that, if “the allegedly new information ․ was available or capable of being discovered at [the time of the hearing], it cannot provide a basis for reopening”).

Parra Maldonado’s motion to hold his petition for review in abeyance is denied.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.