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QI BIN CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 08-3412-ag.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    Aug. 31, 2010.
    
      Gary J. Yerman, New York, New York, for Petitioner.
    Michael F. Hertz, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Barry J. Pettinato, Assistant Director; Kristin A. Moresi, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
    PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, JON O. NEWMAN, PIERRE N. LEVAL, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as respondent in this case.
    
   SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner Qi Bin Chen, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of the June 19, 2008 order of the BIA, affirming the May 3, 2007 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) George T. Chew, which denied his motion to reopen. In re Qi Bin Chen, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. June 19, 2008), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City May 3, 2007). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.

Under the circumstances of this case, we review only the decision of the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005); Jin Yu Lin v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 413 F.3d 188, 191 n. 4 (2d Cir.2005). 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). When 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).

The BIA did not err in affirming the IJ’s denial of Chen’s untimely motion to reopen. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b). We have previously reviewed the agency’s consideration of evidence similar to that which Chen submitted and have found no error in its conclusion that such evidence is insufficient to establish either material changed country conditions excusing the untimely filing of a motion to reopen or a reasonable possibility of forced sterilization. See Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d at 169-72; see also Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir.2006). Because the BIA found that the IJ reasonably concluded that Chen failed to demonstrate either material changed country conditions excusing the untimely filing of his motion to reopen or his prima facie eligibility for relief from removal, we need not consider his challenge to the agency’s determination that his proceedings did not warrant reopening as a matter of discretion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b); see also INS v. Abudu, 485 U.S. 94, 104-05, 108 S.Ct. 904, 99 L.Ed.2d 90 (1988).

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 84(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).