12-706
Weng v. Holder
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 Thurgood Marshall United
3 States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York,
4 on the 3rd day of February, two thousand fourteen.
5
6 PRESENT:
7 JON O. NEWMAN,
8 DENNIS JACOBS,
9 PIERRE N. LEVAL,
10 Circuit Judges.
11 ____________________________________
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13 JOHN JIN CHEN, AKA ZUN JIN CHEN 10-4185
14 v. HOLDER,
15 A072 460 750
16 ____________________________________
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18 QI CHEN v. HOLDER, 10-4983
19 A073 674 220
20 ____________________________________
21
22 MEI MEI CHEN v. HOLDER, 11-1210
23 A099 589 759
24 ____________________________________
25
26 YONG LIN v. HOLDER 11-3224
27 A072 763 849
28 ____________________________________
29 QIU DAN CHI v. HOLDER 11-3817
30 A077 050 604
31 ____________________________________
32 JI SHUN ZHENG, AKA QI SHEN JENG, 11-4858
33 v. HOLDER,
34 A077 977 705
35 ____________________________________
1 YU BIAO WENG v. HOLDER, 12-706
2 A073 646 956
3 ____________________________________
4
5 DIAN SHAN JIANG v. HOLDER 12-1808
6 A073 576 384
7 ____________________________________
8
9 YOANG-QING WONG, AKA YONG-QING 12-2021
10 WANG, AKA YUN SOON KIM v. HOLDER,
11 A070 011 218
12 ____________________________________
13
14 XIAO YAN DONG v. HOLDER, 12-3141
15 A098 648 027
16 ____________________________________
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18 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of these petitions for review of
19 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decisions, it is hereby
20 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petitions for review
21 are DENIED.
22 Each of these petitions challenges a decision of the
23 BIA that: (1) affirmed a decision of an Immigration Judge
24 (“IJ”) denying a motion to reopen; (2) denied a motion to
25 reopen in the first instance; or (3) denied a motion to
26 reconsider the denial of a motion to reopen. The applicable
27 standards of review are well-established. See Jian Hui Shao
28 v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 168-69 (2d Cir. 2008); see also Ke
29 Zhen Zhao v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 265 F.3d 83, 90-91 (2d
30 Cir. 2001); Jin Ming Liu v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 109, 111 (2d
31 Cir. 2006).
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1 Petitioners, all natives and citizens of China, filed
2 motions to reopen based on claims that they fear persecution
3 because they have had one or more children in violation of
4 China’s population control program. For largely the same
5 reasons as this Court set forth in Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d
6 138, we find no error in the agency’s determinations that
7 the petitioners failed to demonstrate either (a) materially
8 changed country conditions that would excuse the untimely or
9 number-barred filing of their motions, or (b) their prima
10 facie eligibility for relief. See id. at 158-72.
11 In John Jin Chen v. Holder, 10-4185 (1), and Dian Shan
12 Jiang v. Holder, 12-1808 (8), we find no error in the BIA’s
13 conclusions that petitioners failed to demonstrate
14 materially changed country conditions with regard to China’s
15 treatment of their religious groups or establish their prima
16 facie eligibility for relief on account of their religious
17 practices. See Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d at 169-72; see also
18 Matter of S-Y-G-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 247, 253 (BIA 2008). In
19 Ji Shun Zheng v. Holder, No. 11-4858 (6), and Yu Biao Weng
20 v. Holder, No. 12-706 (7), the BIA did not err in finding
21 that petitioners failed to demonstrate their prima facie
22 eligibility for relief based on their religious practices
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1 because the evidence they submitted did not demonstrate that
2 Chinese authorities are aware of, or likely to become aware
3 of, their practices. See Hongsheng Leng v. Mukasey, 528
4 F.3d 135, 143 (2d Cir. 2008); see also Jian Hui Shao, 546
5 F.3d at 168.
6 Finally, in Qi Chen v. Holder, 10-4983 (2), Dian Shan
7 Jiang v. Holder, 12-1808 (8), and Yoang-Qing Wong v. Holder,
8 12-2021 (9), the BIA did not err in declining to credit the
9 petitioners’ unauthenticated, individualized evidence in
10 light of the agency’s underlying adverse credibility
11 determinations. See Qin Wen Zheng v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d
12 143, 146-47 (2d Cir. 2007).
13 For the foregoing reasons, these petitions for review
14 are DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of
15 removal that the Court previously granted in these petitions
16 is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in
17 these petitions is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request
18 for oral argument in these petitions is DENIED in accordance
19 with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and
20 Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).
21 FOR THE COURT:
22 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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