Roberto Perez v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Dharmesh Balubhai Patel, a native and citizen of India, petitions 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. § 1262 . We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010), and we review de novo due process claims, Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Patel’s motion to reopen as untimely, where the motion was filed almost two years after the agency’s final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), and Patel failed to establish material changed circumstances in India to qualify for the regulatory exception to the filing deadline, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(3)(ii); see also Najmabadi, 697 F.3d at 991-92 (evidence must be “qualitatively different” to warrant reopening). We reject Patel’s contentions that the BIA’s analysis was deficient. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990 (the BIA does not have to write an exegesis on every contention). We also reject Patel’s contention that the denial of his motion to reopen…