07-5657-ag
Wang v. Holder
BIA
A076 279 363
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 19 th day of November, two thousand nine.
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6 PRESENT:
7 DENNIS JACOBS,
8 Chief Judge,
9 JON. O. NEWMAN,
10 PIERRE N. LEVAL,
11 Circuit Judges.
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14 YI CHANG WANG,
15 Petitioner,
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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.
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3 FOR RESPONDENT: Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant
4 Attorney General; Francis W. Fraser,
5 Senior Litigation Counsel; T. Bo
6 Stanton, Attorney; Office of
7 Immigration Litigation, Civil
8 Division, United States Department
9 of Justice, Washington, D.C.
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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 Petitioner Yi Chang Wang, a native and citizen of the
16 People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a December 5,
17 2007 order of the BIA denying his motion to reopen. In re
18 Yi Chang Wang, No. A076 279 363 (B.I.A. Dec. 5, 2007). We
19 assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts
20 and procedural history in this case.
21 We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for
22 abuse of discretion. Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d
23 Cir. 2006). When the BIA considers relevant evidence of
24 country conditions in evaluating a motion to reopen, we
25 review the BIA’s factual findings under the substantial
26 evidence standard. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d
27 138, 169 (2d Cir. 2008).
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1 The BIA did not err in denying Wang’s untimely motion
2 to reopen. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C); see also 8 C.F.R.
3 § 1003.2(c)(2). Wang argues that the BIA erred by finding
4 that he failed to produce evidence demonstrating either
5 material changed country conditions sufficient to excuse the
6 untimely filing of his motion to reopen or his prima facie
7 eligibility for relief. However, these arguments fail
8 because we have previously reviewed the BIA’s consideration
9 of evidence similar to that which Wang submitted and have
10 found no error in its conclusion that such evidence is
11 insufficient to establish either material changed country
12 conditions or a reasonable possibility of persecution. See
13 Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d at 169-72 (noting that “[w]e do not
14 ourselves attempt to resolve conflicts in record evidence, a
15 task largely within the discretion of the agency”); see also
16 Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir. 2006)
17 (noting that while the BIA must consider evidence such as
18 “the oft-cited Aird affidavit, which [it] is asked to
19 consider time and again[,] . . . it may do so in summary
20 fashion without a reviewing court presuming that it has
21 abused its discretion”).
22 For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is
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1 DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of
2 removal that the Court previously granted in this petition
3 is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in
4 this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for
5 oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with
6 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second
7 Circuit Local Rule 34(b).
8 FOR THE COURT:
9 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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12 By:___________________________
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