Xu
Yuxiang Xu v. Holder
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Yuxiang Xu, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) February 21, 2007 order denying Xu’s motion to reopen to apply for asylum. In that same order, the BIA granted Xu’s motion to reissue the BIA’s June 20, 2003 decision, which adopted and affirmed an immigration judge’s order denying Xu’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Our jurisdiction is controlled by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir.2002). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
To the extent that Xu raises a due process challenge to the BIA’s reissued June 20, 2003 decision, we find that Xu was afforded a full and fair hearing. See Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 926-27 (9th Cir.2007).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Xu’s motion to reopen to apply for asylum because the evidence Xu submitted was insufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of eligibility. See Konstantino-va v. INS, 195 F.3d 528, 530 (9th Cir.1999) (affirming the BIA’s…