Ramos-Chamana de Zevallos v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*619 MEMORANDUM **
Lucrecia Blanc Ramos-Chamana de Zevallos (“Zevallos”), a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her second motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 968, 972 (9th Cir.2004), amended by 404 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny the petition for review.
Zevallos filed her second motion to reopen in November 2004, nearly five years after the removal order became final. Her motion to reopen contends, without elaboration, that “[cjhanged country conditions in Peru constitute new facts and cause [petitioner] to seek asylum on a ground that did not exist at the time of [her] prior hearing.” Yet nothing in the country reports and additional documents submitted by Zevallos indicates a material change in the treatment of persons who disagree with the political views of the Shining Path. Accordingly, we conclude the BIA acted within its discretion in finding that Zevallos failed to establish changed circumstances in Peru, and thus that Zevallos’…