Hui-Qin Zhu v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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519 F. App'x 441
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 20, 201311-72491California286 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Hui-Qin Zhu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for abuse of discretion a motion to reopen, Lin v. Holder, 588 F.3d 981, 984 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Zhu’s third motion to reopen as untimely and number-barred because it was filed over twelve years after the agency’s final administrative decision and Zhu did not show changed circumstances in China in order to qualify for the regulatory exception to the filing deadline. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2), (c)(3)(H); Lin, 588 F.3d at 988-89 (record did not show material change in enforcement of family planning laws sufficient to establish changed country conditions and excuse an untimely motion to reopen); He v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir.2007) (a change in personal circumstances does not establish changed country conditions). We reject Zhu’s contention that the BIA’s case law indicates a change in China. We also reject Zhu’s contention that the BIA did not consider all the evidence she…

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