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Singh v. Holder

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jul 6, 2012
No. 10-71355 (9th Cir. Jul. 6, 2012)

Opinion

No. 10-71355 Agency No. A078-659-981

07-06-2012

BHADUR SINGH, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


On Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Bhadur Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Singh's untimely motion to reopen where the motion was filed over five and a half years after the agency's final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Singh failed to establish changed circumstances in India to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limitation. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 987-90.

Additionally, we decline to consider Singh's challenge to the immigration judge's adverse credibility finding because this court already decided the issue in Singh v. Mukasey, 305 Fed. Appx. 404 (9th Cir. 2008). See Merritt v. Mackey, 932 F.2d 1317, 1320 (9th Cir. 2001) (explaining that under the "law of the case doctrine," one panel of an appellate court will not reconsider questions which another panel has decided on a prior appeal in the same case).

In light of these conclusions, we need not address Singh's remaining contentions.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Singh v. Holder

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jul 6, 2012
No. 10-71355 (9th Cir. Jul. 6, 2012)
Case details for

Singh v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:BHADUR SINGH, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jul 6, 2012

Citations

No. 10-71355 (9th Cir. Jul. 6, 2012)