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den i al of the m oti on t o reope n an d rem and for further proceedings. J i ang i s a nat i ve and c i t i zen of C hi na. H e arr i ved i n the U . S. i n 2001 w i thout pr operdocument at i on, and appl i ed foras y l um and r el at ed r el i ef ba s ed on a f earof p erse cu ti o n b ec au se h e h ad a lan d d ispu te w ith g o v ern m en t of ficials i n C h ina. T h e IJ deni ed r el i ef, and the B oar d of I m m i gr at i on A ppeal s ( B I A ) aff i r m ed on Sept ember4, 2003. Ji ang fi l ed a m oti on t o reope n in Sep t em ber 200 6, al l eging t hat hi s asy l um case s houl d be r eopene d due t o change d per s onal ci r cumst ance s . H e s t at ed thathe had a tr a d i t i o n a l ma rr i a g e wi th a Ch i n e s e wo ma n i n th e U. S . i n M a r c h 2 0 0 3 , a n d th e yh a d two dau gh t ers thereaft er. Ji ang al l eged that he w as el i gibl e for asy l um based o n h i s “w i fe’s ” o p p o sitio n a n d re sis tan c e to f a m ilyp lan n in g p o licy . H e a rg u e d th a t h is w if e w a s lik e lyto be for ci bl ys t er i l i zed i f theyw er e t o r eturn t o C hi na, and he a r gued thathe w oul d be s u b j e c t e d t o a f

o r c e d v a s e c t o m y. T h e B IA d e n ied th e m o tio n o n A u g u st 3 0 , 2 0 0 7 , fin d in g th a t itw a s u n tim e ly beca us e i tw as fi l ed more than 3 y ear s aft erthe B I A ’ s pr evi ous deci s i on. T he B I A s t at ed that Jian g d id n o t m ee t th e ti m eli n ess e x ce p ti o n fo r m o ti o n s b ase d o n ch an g ed co u n try condi t i ons , beca us e al l of the evi dence J i ang pr es ent ed w i th hi s m ot i on t o r eopen re g a rd in g c o u n tr yc o n d itio n s w a s a v a ila b le b e f o re h is A p ri l 2 0 0 2 h e a ri n g b e f o re th e IJ . T h e B IA n o ted th a t th e e v id e n c e p re se n ted d id n o t su p p o rt Jia n g ’s a ss e rtio n th a t h e w o u ld b e su b jec ted to a f

o rc e d v a se c to m y . T h e B IA a lso n o ted th a t ith a d re c e n tlyh e ld inT h e tim e a n d n u m e ric a l li m itatio n s o n m o tio n s to re o p e n d o n o t ap p lyto m o tio n s to 1 r e o p e n t o a p p l yo rr e a p p l yf o ra s y l u m b a s e d o n c h a n g e d c o u n tryc i r c u ms t a n c e s . 8 C. F . R. § 1 0 0 3 . 2 (c)(3). 

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S -L -L -, 2 4 I& N D e c . 1 , 1 0 -1 2 (B IA 2 0 0 6 ), th a t ap p lica n ts w h o a re n o t leg a lly m arried d o n o t qu ali fyfo r asy lum u n d er M att er o f C -Y -Z -, 2 1 I& N D ec . 9 1 5 (B IA 1 9 9 7 ); i ns t ead, an unmar r i ed appl i cantm us ts how thathe had be en ( orpr es um abl yw oul d be) p e r s e c u t e d f

o r“ o th e rr e s i s t a n c e ” t o a c o e r c i v e p o p u l a t i o n p r o g r a m. I n February2008, J i ang, pr ocee di ng w i th a di ffe r entatt orney , fi l ed a s econd m ot i on t o r eopen, bas ed on an a l l eged r i s e i n for ced a bor t i ons and s t er i l i zat i ons i n C hi na. 1 T he B I A i s s ued a de ci s i on i dent i cal t o the one i ti s s ued on A ugus t30, 2007, exce ptthat the ci t e t o M att erof S- L - L w as change d t o a ci t e t o M att erof J - S- , 24 I & N D ec. 520 (A . G . 2 0 0 8 ). T h e se co n d o p inion , h o w ev er, i s ina cc u rate, w h ich s u g g ests that the B IA had notengage d i n pr operr evi ew of the s econd mot i on t o r eopen. Forexampl e, the s e c o n d d e c i s i o n s t a t e s th a tJ i a n g p r o v i d e d wi th h i s mo t i o n th e b i r th c e r t i f i c a t e s o f h i s two daught er s “and a s m al l amount of obj ect i ve evi dence w hi ch pr edat es J ul y2000. ” The o p in io n a lso sta tes th a t “a ll o f th e e v id e n c e p re se n ted w ith th e re sp o n d e n t’s m o tio n to reopen pre- dates his A pri l 26 , 20 02 heari ng befo re the Im m i grat i on Judg e. ” B oth of t hese s t at ement s ar e i ncorr ect . W i th hi s s econd mot i on t o r eopen, J i ang pr ovi ded numer ous d o c u m e n ts; se e list at A .R . 3 7 -4 0 (listin g 3 4 e x h ib its); a n d m o st o f th e se e x h ib its d a te f ro m 2 0 0 5 -2 0 0 7 . “[T] he B I A abus es i t s di s cr et i on i f i tfai l s compl et el yt o addr es s evi dence ofS ee , e.g., L ett er f rom V il lage rs C o m m ittee o f G u an g h u i V il lage , n o ti n g that Jian g ’s 2 c h ild re n w o u ld b e c o u n ted f o r f a m ilyp lan n in g law p u rp o se s o n c e th e ya re re g iste re d in J i ang’ s hous ehol d r egi s try , and thatC hi nes e ci t i zens w i th tw o chi l dr en w i l l be t ar get ed fors t er i l i zat i on. A . R . 82- 83. 

### 4 c h a n g e d c o u n tryc irc u m sta n c e s o f f e re d b ya p e tit io n e r . . . .” Z h e n g v . A tto rn e yG e n e ra l, 5 4 9 F .3 d 2 6 0 , 2 6 8 (3 d C ir . 2 0 0 8 ) ( q u o tin g W a n g v . B IA , 4 3 7 F .3 d 2 7 0 (2 d C ir . 2 0 0 6 )) . T h e G o v e rn m e n t n o tes th e B IA ’s s tate m e n t th a t “[ e ]v e n if th e e v id e n c e w a s n o t av a ilab le a n d c o u l d 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 s p o n d e n t ’ s p r i o rh e a r i n g , we not e thatnone of the evi dence att ache d t o the r es pondent ’ s m ot i on s uppor t s hi s as s ert i on th a t, as th e p a re n t o f

tw o d a u g h ter s, h e ‘w ill su f f e r a f o rc e d v a se c to m yif

[ h e ] is f o rc e d to r eturn t o C hi na. ’ ” A . R . 3. G i ven the otheri nacc ur aci es i n the B I A ’ s opi ni on, w e ca nnot be as s ur ed thatthi s s ent ence , w hi ch al s o appea r s i n the B I A ’ s ear l i erdeci s i on deny i ng J i ang’ s fi r s tm ot i on t o r eopen, s ee A . R . 381; r efl ect s thatthe B I A actual l yexami ned the m at er i al s J i ang s ubm i tt ed. 2 G i ven the s hor t comi ngs i n the B I A ’ s deci s i on, w e w i l l vaca t e thatdeci s i on and r emand forfurtherpr ocee di ngs . W e expr es s no opi ni on r egar di ng w hetherJ i ang has m ade a pr i m a fa ci e ca s e forr eopeni ng bas ed on cha nged countrycondi t i ons ; w e l eave thatdet erm i nat i on forthe B I A i n the fi r s ti ns t ance .