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Estuardo VELASQUEZ-PASOS, a.k.a. Armando Diaz Pazos; Carla Lopez-Garcia, a.k.a. Suni Salguero, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2014-03-17No. No. 10-73066
563 F. App'x 557

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MEMORANDUM

Estuardo Velasquez-Pasos and Carla Lopez-Garcia, natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying their motion to reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reconsider, Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir.2005), and de novo questions of law, Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106, 1113 (9th Cir.2013). We grant the petition for review and remand.

In denying petitioners’ motion to reconsider, the BIA determined that “landowners in Guatemala” is not cognizable as a particular social group. In light of our decision in Cordoba, 726 F.3d 1106, 1114 (recognizing landownership may form the basis of a particular social group), we remand for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam).

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.