Zaini
Zaini v. Holder
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner, Agnes Eliesjean Zaini, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)’s orders denying her motion to reopen, motion to reconsider, and motion to reopen sua sponte. We deny the petition in part and dismiss in part.
Zaini is an ethnically Chinese citizen of Indonesia and a practicing Christian. In 1999, she applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Her applications were denied, and she was granted voluntary departure. Zaini v. Ashcroft, 113 Fed.Appx. 785, 786-87 (9th Cir.2004). In December 2006, Zaini filed an Emergency Motion to Reopen and Remand & Motion for Stay before the BIA. She claimed that she was eligible for asylum and withholding of removal on the basis of changed country conditions in Indonesia, as well as for adjustment of status as a beneficiary of her U.S. citizen son. The BIA denied the motion in May 2007. Zaini then filed a Motion to Reconsider or in the Alternative Motion to Reopen Sua Sponte in January 2008, again arguing that she qualified for adjustment of status through her son. The BIA denied those alternative motions in June 2009. Zaini timely petitioned for review…