FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
JUL 16 2020
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RAJA GULFAM SARWAR, AKA Nos. 17-73303
Gulfam Sarwar Raja, 18-71556
Petitioner, Agency No. A070-646-737
v.
MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 14, 2020**
Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Petitioner Raja Gulfam Sarwar seeks review of the Board of Immigration
Appeals’ ("BIA") denials of his motion to reopen and his motion for
reconsideration, which we review for abuse of discretion. Mohammed v.
Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005). We have jurisdiction under
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.
1. The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Petitioner’s motion to
reopen. Although Petitioner’s personal circumstances changed when he converted
to Christianity, he did not provide "evidence of changed country conditions that are
relevant in light of [his] changed circumstances." Chandra v. Holder, 751 F.3d
1034, 1037 (9th Cir. 2014). The record shows that the deplorable conditions for
Christians in Pakistan have existed since before 1994, when Petitioner’s removal
hearing occurred. See Salim v. Lynch, 831 F.3d 1133, 1138 (9th Cir. 2016)
(stating that we must compare "the country conditions at the time of the instant
motion" with "those at the time of the prior hearing").
2. Even assuming that Petitioner did not forfeit any challenge to the BIA’s
denial of his motion for reconsideration, that denial was not an abuse of discretion.
Petitioner failed to identify any "legal or factual error in the BIA’s prior decision."
Ma v. Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 553, 558 (9th Cir. 2004) (citing 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1)).
PETITIONS DENIED.
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