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U .S . A T T O RN E Y G E N E R A L , R e s p o n d e n t.2 ________________________ P e t i t i ons f

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_________________________ ( A p r i l4, 2007) B efo re B L A C K , M A R C U S an d P R Y O R , C i rcu i tJu d g es. P E R C U R I A M: V i raK ost i na, as l ea d p et i t i on erfor her se l f and her husband , R om an A s hnur ov, pe t i t i ons f

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the de c i s i ons of

the B oa r d of

I m m i gr a t i on A pp ea l s thatdeni ed her s ec on d m ot i on t o rec on si der and her m ot i on t o reopen h er pet i t i on for a sy l um un der the Im m i grat i on and N at i on al i ty A ct . K ost i na ar gu es tha tthe de ni a l of

he rm ot i on t o r e ope n bythe B I A w a s a rbi tr a rya nd c apr i c i ous be c aus e s he de m ons tr a t e d m e a ni ngf ul c ha nge i n the c ountryc ondi t i ons of U kr a i ne tha ts upportaw e l l
- f

ounde d f e a rof f utur e pe r s e c ut i on. B e c aus e K os t i nam a ke s no
ar gu m entw i th regard t o h erappeal of the deni al of her m ot i on t o rec on si der, that is s u e is w a iv e d . S e e S e p u lv e d av . U .S . A tt’yG e n ., 4 0 1 F .3 d 1 2 2 6 , 1 2 2 8 n .2 ( 1 1 th C i r. 20 05 ). “W e r e v ie w th e B I A ’s d e n ia l o f am o tio n to r e o p e n f

o rab u s e o f

d is c r e tio n . O urr e vi e w i s l i m i t e d t o de t e rm i ni ng w he the rthe r e ha s be e n a n e xe r c i s e of
a dm i ni s tr a t i ve di s c r e t i on a nd w he the rthe m a tt e rof e xe r c i s e ha s be e n a rbi tr a ryor
capri ci ou s. ” A l i v. U
. S
. A tt ’ y G en. , 44 3 F
. 3d 80 4, 80 8 (11 th C i r. 20 06 ) ( i nt ernal3

q u o ta tio n m a rk s a n d c ita tio n s o m itte d ) . T h e B I A m a yg r a n t am o tio n to r e o p e n if th e m o v a n t p r e s e n ts n e w e v id e n c e th a t is m a te r ia l a n d w a s n o t a v a ilab le a n d c o u ld
n o th a v e b e e n d i s c o v e r e d o rp r e s e n t e d a tth e r e mo v a l h e a r i n g . Se e 8 C. F. R. § 1 00 3. 2(c) (1). A pet i t i on eri s ordi nari l y perm i tt ed t o fi l e one m ot i on t o reopen
w i th i n 9 0 d a y s o f

th e d a t e o f

th e f i n a l o r d e ro f

r e mo v a l , s e e 8 U
. S. C. § 1229a ( c ) ( 7) ( C ) ( i ) , butthe t i m e a nd num e r i c a l l i m i t a t i ons do notappl yt o the f i l i ng of am ot i on t o r e ope n ba s e d on c ha nge d c ountryc ondi t i ons i f s upport e d by evi dence thati s “ m at er i al and w as no tavai l abl e and w ou l d n othave been di sc ov er ed or pres ent ed atthe previ ou s proce edi ng , ” 8 U
. S
. C
. § 1 22 9a(c )( 7)(C )( i i );
s e e a ls o 8 C .F .R . § 1 0 0 3 .2 ( c ) ( 3 ) ( ii)
. K ost i na ar gu es thatthe coun trycond i t i on s i n U krai ne have changed an d that there i s i ncre as ed pers ec ut i on of ethn i c m i no ri t i es i n U krai ne, bu ther e vi dence f a i l e d t o pr ove m a t e r i a l l y c ha nge d c ountryc ondi t i ons . A l though m or e de t a i l e d, K os t i na ’ s e vi de nc e w a s s ubs t a nt i a l l ythe s a m e a s the e vi de nc e pr e s e nt e d t o the I m m i gr a t i on J udge dur i ng the a s y l um he a r i ng. T he di s c r i m i na t i on a l l e ge d i n the evi dence, w hi l e har as si ng , al so di d n otri se t o the l evel of pers ec ut i on . S ee G o n zal ez v . R en o , 2 1 2 F
. 3 d 1 3 3 8 , 1 3 5 5 (1 1 th C i r. 2 0 0 0 ). T h e B IA d i d n o tab u se its d is c r e tio n w h e n it d e n ie d th e m o tio n to r e o p e n . P E T I T I ON DE NI E D.