Jingwu Jin v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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588 F. App'x 605
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 15, 201413-71275California251 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Jingwu Jin, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Avagyan v. Holder, 646 F.3d 672, 674 (9th Cir.2011). We deny the petition for review.

’ The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying as untimely Jin’s motion to reopen where he filed his motion nearly three years after his in absentia order of removal became administratively final, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(C); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23 (b)(1), (4), and Jin did not present sufficient evidence to rebut the presumption of effective delivery, see Popa v. Holder, 571 F.3d 890, 897-98 (9th Cir.2009) (“The government satisfies notice requirements ‘by mailing notice of the hearing to an alien at the address last provided to the [agency].’ ” (citation omitted)); Sembiring v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 981, 988-89 (9th Cir.2007) (identifying factors relevant to evaluating a petitioner’s rebuttal of the presumption of effective delivery). In…

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