Kirin Devi v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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540 F. App'x 709
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 30, 201311-72638California219 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Sanjeev Deepak, a native and citizen of India, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying 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. Malty v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 942, 945 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Deepak’s motion to reopen as untimely where the motion was filed more than seven years after the BIA’s final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), and Dee-pak failed to present sufficient evidence of changed circumstances in India to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limit for filing motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(3)(ii); see also Malty, 381 F.3d at 945 (“The critical question is ... whether circumstances have changed sufficiently that a petitioner who previously did not have a legitimate claim for asylum now has a well-founded fear of persecution.”) Deepak’s contention that the BIA failed to consider all the evidence he presented with the motion to reopen is not supported by the record.

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