08-1707-ag
Chen v. Holder
BIA
A075 405 071
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 27th day of October, two thousand ten.
5
6 PRESENT:
7 DENNIS JACOBS,
8 Chief Judge,
9 JON O. NEWMAN,
10 PIERRE N. LEVAL,
11 Circuit Judges.
12 _________________________________________
13
14 XIAO YONG CHEN,
15 Petitioner,
16
17 v. 08-1707-ag
18 NAC
19 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
20 ATTORNEY GENERAL,*
21 Respondent.
22 _________________________________________
*
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure
43(c)(2), Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., is
automatically substituted for former Attorney General
Michael B. Mukasey as respondent in this case.
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1 FOR PETITIONER: Theodore N. Cox, New York, New York.
2
3 FOR RESPONDENT: Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant
4 Attorney General; Michelle G.
5 Latour, Assistant Director; Sunah
6 Lee, Trial Attorney, Office of
7 Immigration Litigation, United
8 States Department of Justice,
9 Washington, D.C.
10
11 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a
12 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby
13 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that the petition for review
14 is DENIED.
15 Xiao Yong Chen, a native and citizen of China, seeks
16 review of a March 26, 2008, BIA order denying his motion to
17 reopen. In re Xiao Yong Chen, No. A075 405 071 (B.I.A. Mar.
18 26, 2008). Chen’s motion to reopen was based on his claim
19 that he fears persecution on account of the birth of his
20 U.S. citizen children in violation of China’s family
21 planning policy. For largely the same reasons as this Court
22 set forth in Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138 (2d Cir.
23 2008), we find no error in the BIA’s decision. See id. at
24 168-72. Additionally, the BIA reasonably found that Chen
25 failed to demonstrate his prima facie eligibility for relief
26 under the Convention Against Torture based on his
27 purportedly illegal departure from China. See Mu Xiang Lin
28 v. United States Dep't of Justice, 432 F.3d 156 (2d Cir.
29 2005).
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1 For the foregoing reasons, this petition for review is
2 DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of
3 removal that the Court previously granted in this petition
4 is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in
5 this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for
6 oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with
7 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second
8 Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).
9 FOR THE COURT:
10 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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