Camarillo-Jose v. Holder, Jr., No. 11-2388 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitioned for review of an order of the BIA denying his motion to reopen his immigration proceeding based upon new evidence. The court held that the BIA was within its discretion in determining that the new evidence of changed circumstances - the Individual Education Plan (IEP) evidencing his son's developmental delay - did not warrant reopening where petitioner merely disagreed with the weight the BIA ascribed the new evidence; the BIA's mislabeling of his son's developmental delays alone did not show that the BIA improperly distorted the substance of the child's IEP; and where the IEP contained no information about how petitioner's absence would adversely affect his son's developmental delay, much less how his absence could cause "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" nor does the IEP show how diminished educational opportunities in Mexico were "exceptional and extremely unusual" to a child with a developmental delay. Accordingly, the court denied the petition.
Court Description: Petition for Review - immigration. Denial of motion to reopen claim for cancellation of removal based on new evidence is affirmed. We cannot say BIA did not consider new evidence or improperly distort the substance of the evidence. BIA was within its discretion in determining that the new evidence did not warrant reopening the case.
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