Mei Zhu-Hong v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Mei Zhu-Hong, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of her motion to reconsider and reopen removal proceedings conducted in absentia. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of motions to reopen and reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002), and we deny the petition for review.

Our review is limited to the administrative record, so we do not consider materials referenced in the opening brief that were not part of the record before the agency. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc).

In construing Zhu-Hong’s motion as a motion to reconsider, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying it because Zhu-Hong failed to specify any error of fact or law in the BIA’s prior decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (b)(1).

In construing Zhu-Hong’s motion as a motion to reopen, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying it because Zhu-Hong filed her fourth motion over nine years after she was ordered removed in absentia, and she failed to demonstrate changed circumstances in China to qualify for an exception…