Satchithananthan

Satchithananthan v. Holder

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387 F. App'x 784
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 15, 201007-71981California297 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Pushpamalar Satchithananthan, a native and citizen of Sri Lanka, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 992 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Satchithananthan’s motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed over three years after the BIA’s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), and Satchithananthan failed to establish changed circumstances in Sri Lanka to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limitation, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(3)(ii); see also Toufighi, 538 F.3d at 996-97 (underlying adverse credibility determination rendered evidence of changed circumstances immaterial). The evidence of changed circumstances was also insufficient to establish a prima facie case for relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Delgado-Ortiz v. Holder, 600 F.3d 1148, 1152 (9th Cir.2010); see also Toufighi, 538 F.3d at 996 (petitioner must “demonstrate that…

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