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Urie v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Aug 2, 2016
656 F. App'x 279 (9th Cir. 2016)

Opinion

No. 14-71039

08-02-2016

MUDIAGA OBIJURU URIE, AKA Troy Urie, AKA Troy Mudiaga Urie, AKA Mydiaga Urig, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A098-409-078 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Mudiaga Obijuru Urie, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se 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 BIA's denial of a motion to reopen, Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Urie's motion to reopen as untimely and number-barred where the motion was filed over six years after the BIA's final order, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Urie failed to demonstrate material changed circumstances in Nigeria to qualify for a regulatory exception to the time and number limitations for filing a motion to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 991-92 (evidence must be "qualitatively different" to warrant reopening). We reject Urie's contentions that the BIA failed to adequately review the evidence and improperly considered the 2005 country report. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990-91 (BIA adequately considered evidence and sufficiently announced its decision).

We grant respondent's motion for leave to file a late opposition to Urie's motion for judicial notice (Docket Entry No. 29). We deny Urie's opposed motion for judicial notice (Docket Entry No. 27). See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc); cf. Gafoor v. INS, 231 F.3d 645, 655-56 (9th Cir. 2000) (the court may take judicial notice of dramatic events and will remand to the agency for consideration).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Urie v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Aug 2, 2016
656 F. App'x 279 (9th Cir. 2016)
Case details for

Urie v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:MUDIAGA OBIJURU URIE, AKA Troy Urie, AKA Troy Mudiaga Urie, AKA Mydiaga…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Aug 2, 2016

Citations

656 F. App'x 279 (9th Cir. 2016)