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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 13-11058

Non-Argument Calendar

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Agency No. A098-564-173

MASRI SASTRAWAN, 

 Petitioner,

versus

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, 

 Respondent.

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Petition for Review of a Decision of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

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(October 17, 2013)

Before MARCUS, MARTIN and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Masri Sastrawan, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of 

the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA’s) denial of his motion to reopen and 

reconsider the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and 

relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). After thorough review, we 

deny the petition.

In 2008, Sastrawan filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, 

and CAT relief, alleging that, because he had married a Christian woman and 

converted to Christianity, he would be subject to persecution if he returned to 

Indonesia. The Immigration Judge (IJ) denied Sastrawan’s application, finding 

that he had not demonstrated he would be persecuted in Indonesia. Sastrawan 

appealed to the BIA, which affirmed the IJ’s decision in May 2010.

In September 2012, Sastrawan filed a motion to reopen and motion for 

reconsideration, arguing that a change in the law and changed country conditions 

in Indonesia warranted a new hearing. The BIA denied Sastrawan’s motions, 

finding that his motion to reconsider was untimely and that he failed to 

demonstrate changed country conditions necessary to overcome the time limitation

governing motions to reopen. Sastrawan petitions this court for review of that 

decision.

Sastrawan first asserts that the BIA should have granted his motion for 

reconsideration because two Ninth Circuit cases establish a new legal framework 

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that warrants reconsideration of his application. See Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 

F.3d 1056 (9th Cir. 2010); Wakkary v. Holder, 558 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2009). We 

review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reconsider for an abuse of discretion. 

Scheerer v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 513 F.3d 1244, 1252 (11th Cir. 2008). An alien must 

file a motion to reconsider “within 30 days of the date of entry of a final 

administrative order of removal.” 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(6)(C). The BIA issued its 

final order of removal in May 2010, and Sastrawan did not move for 

reconsideration until September 2012, more than two years later, well after the 

deadline for filing a motion for reconsideration. See id. And the cases on which 

he relies do not create an exception to the time limit to file a motion for 

reconsideration. See generally Tampubolon, 610 F.3d 1056; Wakkary, 558 F.3d 

1049. Thus, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Sastrawan’s motion 

for reconsideration.

Sastrawan next argues that the BIA erred by refusing to grant his motion to 

reopen based on changed country conditions. We review the BIA’s denial of a 

motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion, and our review is “limited to 

determining whether the BIA exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious 

manner.” Zhang v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 572 F.3d 1316, 1319 (11th Cir. 2009). 

Generally, an alien must file a motion to reopen “within 90 days of the date of 

entry of a final administrative order.” 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i). But there is 

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no time limitation where the motion is “based on changed country conditions . . . if 

such evidence is material and was not available and would not have been 

discovered or presented at the previous proceeding. Id. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii).

Sastrawan contends that conditions for Christians in Indonesia are worse 

than when he was originally ordered removed, as demonstrated by the 2010 

International Religious Freedom Report. That report demonstrates that Muslim 

groups used violence and intimidation to close churches, that the government has 

failed to punish perpetrators of religious violence, and that some areas have 

implemented Islamic law. But the 2007 International Religious Freedom Report, 

which Sastrawan submitted with his original application, contained reports of 

similar incidents. Sastrawan has therefore failed to show that conditions for 

Christians in Indonesia have materially worsened. See Jiang v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 

568 F.3d 1252, 1256-57 (11th Cir. 2009) (“An alien who attempts to show that the 

evidence is material bears a heavy burden and must present evidence that 

demonstrates that, if the proceedings were reopened, the new evidence would 

likely change the result in the case.”). Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its 

discretion in denying Sastrawan’s motion to reopen. See Zhang, 572 F.3d at 1319.

PETITION DENIED.

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