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Mei Hui Dong v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Jul 7, 2009
336 F. App'x 64 (2d Cir. 2009)

Opinion

No. 06-4204-ag.

July 7, 2009.

Bruno Joseph Bembi, Hempstead, New York, for Petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; Douglas E. Ginsberg, Senior Litigation Counsel; Ada E. Bosque, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, JON O. NEWMAN, WALKER, Circuit Judges.


UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that the petition for review is DENIED.


SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner Mei Hui Dong, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of an August 23, 2006 order of the BIA denying her motion to reopen. In re Mei Hui Dong, No. A077 013 318 (B.I.A. Aug. 23, 2006). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.

We review the agency's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir. 2006). Where the agency considers relevant evidence of country conditions in evaluating a motion to reopen, we review the agency's factual findings under the substantial evidence standard. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir. 2008). We find that the agency did not err in denying Dong's untimely motion to reopen.

Dong argues that the BIA erred in concluding that she failed to demonstrate material changed country conditions sufficient to excuse the untimeliness of her motion to reopen. However, we have previously reviewed the BIA's consideration of similar evidence and have found no error in its conclusion that such evidence was insufficient to establish material changed country conditions or a reasonable possibility of persecution. See id. at 169-73 (noting that "[w]e do not ourselves attempt to resolve conflicts in record evidence, a task largely within the discretion of the agency"); see also Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir. 2006) (noting that while the BIA must consider evidence such as "the oft-cited Aird affidavit, which [it] is asked to consider time and again[,] . . . it may do so in summary fashion without a reviewing court presuming that it has abused its discretion").

Similarly, the BIA's determination that Dong was ineligible to file a successive asylum application was not in error. See Yuen Jin v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 143, 156, 158-59 (2d Cir. 2008).

For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34(b).


Summaries of

Mei Hui Dong v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Jul 7, 2009
336 F. App'x 64 (2d Cir. 2009)
Case details for

Mei Hui Dong v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:MEI HUI DONG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., United States Attorney…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Jul 7, 2009

Citations

336 F. App'x 64 (2d Cir. 2009)