Driawan Lukman v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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543 F. App'x 626
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 22, 201312-70624California224 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Zhiqiang Zhou, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen, Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Zhou’s second motion to reopen as untimely and number-barred because the motion was filed over three years after the BIA’s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), and Zhou failed to establish materially changed circumstances in China to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time and numerical limitations for motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(3)(h); He v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 1128, 1132-33 (9th Cir.2007) (documentation insufficient to establish changed circumstances); see also Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 996-97 (9th Cir.2008) (underlying adverse credibility determination rendered evidence of changed circumstances immaterial).

We reject Zhou’s contention that the BIA’s analysis was inadequate or incomplete. See Najmabadi, 597…

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