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388 F. App'x 608

Chen Chen v. Holder

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided July 19, 2010

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2010-07-19

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 2014

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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · He v. Gonzales · Feng Gui Lin v. Holder

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Decided 2010-07-19

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¶1 MEMORANDUM

¶2 Chen Chen, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings to file a second application for asylum and withholding of removal, and to request relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion, Lin v. Holder, 588 F.3d 981, 984 (9th Cir.2009), and we deny the petition for review.

¶3 The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Chen’s motion to reopen as untimely because Chen filed the motion more than 90 days after the BIA’s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and his evidence did not demonstrate changed circumstances in China, see He v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir.2007) (“[T]he birth of children outside the country of origin is a change in personal circumstances that is not sufficient to establish changed circumstances in the country of origin within the regulatory exception to late-filed [motions to reopen].”).

¶4 We reject Chen’s contention that there are no time limits for filing a motion to reopen to apply for CAT relief. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2).

¶5 Chen’s contention that his successive asylum application should be considered independent of his motion to reopen is foreclosed* See Lin, 588 F.3d at 989.

¶6 Finally, Chen’s due process claim fails because the BIA properly applied the time limitations for motions to reopen set forth in 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) to his untimely second application for asylum. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error and substantial prejudice for a petitioner to prevail on a due process claim).

¶7 PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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

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