09-0606-ag
Wang v. Holder
BIA
Hom, IJ
A099 083 215
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
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1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
3 United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
4 New York, on the 14 th day of September, two thousand ten.
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6 PRESENT:
7 GUIDO CALABRESI,
8 PETER W. HALL,
9 DENNY CHIN,
10 Circuit Judges.
11 _______________________________________
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13 LI YUN WANG,
14 Petitioner,
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16 v. 09-0606-ag
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18 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
19 ATTORNEY GENERAL,
20 Respondent.
21 ______________________________________
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23 FOR PETITIONER: Gary J. Yerman, New York, New York.
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25 FOR RESPONDENT: Tony West, Assistant Attorney
26 General, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr.
27 Assistant Director, M. Lee Quinn,
28 Trial Attorney, Office of
29 Immigration Litigation, Civil
30 Division, United States Department
31 of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a
2 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby
3 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review
4 is DENIED.
5 Petitioner Li Yun Wang, a native and citizen of China,
6 seeks review of the January 23, 2009, order of the BIA,
7 denying her motion to remand and affirming the May 9, 2006,
8 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Sandy K. Hom,
9 pretermitting her application for asylum and denying her
10 application for withholding of removal and relief under the
11 Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Li Yun Wang, No.
12 A099 083 215 (B.I.A. Jan. 23, 2009), aff’g No. A099 083 215
13 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City May 9, 2006). We assume the parties’
14 familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history
15 in this case.
16 When the BIA adopts the decision of the IJ and
17 supplements the IJ’s decision, this Court reviews the
18 decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen
19 v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005). The
20 applicable standards of review are well-established.
21 Corovic v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 90, 95 (2d Cir. 2008);
22 Salimatou Bah v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 99, 110 (2d Cir. 2008).
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1 As an initial matter, we lack jurisdiction to review
2 the agency’s decision insofar as it pretermitted as untimely
3 Wang’s application for asylum. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a)(3),
4 1252(a)(2)(B). While we retain jurisdiction to review
5 constitutional claims and “questions of law,” 8 U.S.C.
6 § 1252(a)(2)(D), Wang merely challenges the agency’s factual
7 determination that she failed to file her application within
8 a reasonable time period. See Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep’t of
9 Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 329 (2d Cir. 2006).
10 I. Motion To Remand
11 A motion to remand that relies on newly available
12 evidence is held to the substantive requirements of a motion
13 to reopen. See Li Yong Cao v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 421
14 F.3d 149, 156-157 (2d Cir. 2005); In re Coelho, 20 I. & N.
15 Dec. 464, 471 (BIA 1992). The BIA has “broad discretion” to
16 deny a motion to remand based on new evidence. See Li Yong
17 Cao, 421 F.3d at 156-157 (citing INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S.
18 314, 323, 112 S. Ct. 719, 116 L. Ed. 2d 823 (1992)). This
19 Court reviews the BIA’s denial of a motion to remand for
20 abuse of discretion. Id. at 157.
21 The BIA rejected much of the evidence that Wang
22 submitted in support of her remand motion because it
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1 predated her merits hearing. In addition, the BIA rejected
2 a letter from Wang’s father discussing “worsened conditions
3 in [her] hometown” because it was “insufficient to
4 demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits.” We find
5 no error in either of these findings. See 8 C.F.R.
6 § 1003.2(c)(1) (stating that a motion to reopen shall not be
7 granted unless the evidence was “not available and could not
8 have been discovered at the former hearing”); Xiao Ji Chen,
9 471 F.3d at 342 (finding that the weight afforded to an
10 alien’s evidence in immigration proceedings lies largely
11 within the discretion of the agency).
12 II. Withholding of Removal and CAT Relief
13 Additionally, substantial evidence supports the
14 agency’s determination that Wang failed to establish her
15 eligibility for withholding of removal and CAT relief based
16 on the birth of her U.S. citizen children. See Jian Hui
17 Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 158-73 (2d Cir. 2008). Other
18 than relying on generalized country conditions evidence,
19 Wang fails to identify any error in the agency’s
20 determination that she failed to meet her burden.
21 Accordingly, we are left with no reason to disturb the
22 agency’s denial of her application for withholding of
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1 removal and CAT relief. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148,
2 156 (2d Cir. 2006).
3 For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is
4 DISMISSED in part and DENIED in part. As we have completed
5 our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously
6 granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion
7 for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot.
8 Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is
9 DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate
10 Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).
11 FOR THE COURT:
12 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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