NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AUG 9 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
KAMAL MOHAMMED ABDELSHAFI, No. 08-71842
Petitioner, Agency No. A098-266-430
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted August 2, 2011 **
Before: LEAVY, IKUTA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Kamal Mohammed Abdelshafi, a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to
reopen. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
discretion the denial of motions to reopen. Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 992
(9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Abdelshafi’s motion to
reopen because the BIA considered the evidence submitted and acted within its
broad discretion in determining that the additional evidence, including his brother’s
letter, did not demonstrate prima facie eligibility for the relief sought. See id. at
996-97; see also Vides-Vides v. INS, 783 F.2d 1463, 1467-69 (9th Cir. 1986)
(failure to submit evidence indicating that the petitioner was individually targeted
or that his situation will be different from the dangers faced by other Salvadorans);
Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049, 1067-68 (9th Cir. 2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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