Xiu Ya Liu v. Holder

13-3165 Liu v. Holder BIA A099 683 460 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. 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 29th day of October, two thousand fourteen. 5 6 PRESENT: 7 JON O. NEWMAN, 8 DENNIS JACOBS, 9 PIERRE N. LEVAL, 10 Circuit Judges. 11 _____________________________________ 12 13 XIU YA LIU, 14 Petitioner, 15 16 v. 13-3165 17 NAC 18 19 ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES 20 ATTORNEY GENERAL, 21 Respondent. 22 _____________________________________ 23 24 FOR PETITIONER: Norman Kwai Wing Wong, New York, New 25 York. 26 27 FOR RESPONDENT: Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney 28 General; Greg D. Mack, Senior 08152014-B1-5 1 Litigation Counsel; Lisa M. Damiano, 2 Trial Attorney, Office of 3 Immigration Litigation, United 4 States Department of Justice, 5 Washington, D.C. 6 7 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a 8 Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby 9 ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review 10 is DENIED. 11 Petitioner Xiu Ya Liu, a native and citizen of China, 12 seeks review of a July 30, 2013, decision of the BIA, 13 denying her motion to reopen. In re Xiu Ya Liu, No. A099 14 683 460 (B.I.A. July 30, 2013). We assume the parties’ 15 familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history 16 of this case. 17 The applicable standards of review are well 18 established. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 19 168-69 (2d Cir. 2008). Liu filed a motion to reopen based, 20 in part, on her claim that she fears forced sterilization 21 because she has had more than one child in the United 22 States, which she contends violates China’s population 23 control program. We find no error in the BIA’s 24 determination that Liu failed to demonstrate either 25 materially changed country conditions excusing the untimely 08152014-B1-5 2 1 filing of her motion or her prima facie eligibility for 2 relief on this ground. See id. at 158-72. 3 Liu also moved to reopen based on her claim that she 4 fears persecution in China on account of her conversion to 5 Christianity. We find no error in the BIA’s determination 6 that she failed to demonstrate her prima facie eligibility 7 for relief based on her religious practice. See id. 8 For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is 9 DENIED. As we have completed our review, any pending 10 request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in 11 accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 12 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b). 13 FOR THE COURT: 14 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk 15 16 17 08152014-B1-5 3