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U PO N D U E C O N S ID E R A T IO N o f th is pe ti ti o n fo r rev iew o f a B o ard of I m m i gr ati on A ppeal s ( “B I A ”) deci s i on, i ti s her ebyO R D E R E D , A D J U D G E D , A N D D E C R E E D , thatthe p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w i s DE NI E D. Pet i t i onerG u ang M i ng L i , a nat i ve and c i t i zen of the Peopl e’ s R epubl i c of Chi na,
s eeks r evi ew of the M ay 6, 2009 or derof the B I A deny i ng hi s m ot i on t o r eopen. S ee In re G u a n g M in g L i, N o . A 0 7 3 1 8 9 0 0 4 (B .I.A
. M a y 6 , 2 0 0 9 ). W e a ss u m e th e p a rties ’ f a m ili a rity
w i th the under l y i ng fac t s and pr ocedur al hi s t oryof the ca s e. W e r evi ew the B I A ’ s deni al o f a m ot i on t o r eopen an i m m i gr at i on pr ocee di ng for abus e of di s cr et i on, s ee A l i v. G onzal es , 448 F. 3d 515, 517 ( 2d C i r . 2006) , and i dent i fynone i n i t s d e n i a l o f

L i ’ s m o t i o n . I n g e n e r a l , a m o t i o n t o r e o p e n m u s t b e f i l e dn o l a t e rth a n 9 0 d a ys aft er the dat e on w hi ch the fi nal admi ni s tr at i ve deci s i on w as r ender ed i n the p roc eedi ngs
so u g h t to b e reo p en ed , an d o n ly o n e su ch m o ti o n m ay b e fil ed
. S ee 8 C
. F
. R
. § 1 0 0 3
. 2 (c)(2). T h e re is n o d isp u te th a t L i’s se c o n d m o tio n to re o p e n , f iled in M a rc h 2 0 0 9 , w a s n u m e ric a lly b arred an d u n ti m ely in l igh t o f th e B IA ’s issua n ce o f a final o rde r o f rem o v al in F e b ru ary 2003. See i d
. Li a r g u e s th a t h i s ma rr i a g e , th e b i rth o f h i s s o n , a n d th e I
- 7 3 0 p e t i t i on for cl as s i fi cat i on as a der i vat i ve as y l ee f i l ed on hi s behal f pr ovi ded a ba s i s t o r eopen the pr ocee di ngs pur s uantt o an exc ept i on appl i cabl e w h en co n di t i ons have c hanged i n the countryof nat i onal i ty . See 8 C
. F. R
. § 1003. 2( c) ( 3) ( i i )
. T he ar gum enti s w i th o u t mer i t , as change s i n an al i en’ s per s onal ci r cumst ance s , s uch as thos e al l eged byL i , ar e not“changed ci r cumst ance s ar i s i ng i n the countryof nat i onal i ty ” as r equi r ed under§ 1003. 2( c) ( 3) ( i i )
. See3

W ei G u an g W an g v . B IA , 4 3 7 F
. 3 d2 7 0 , 2 7 3 -74 (2d C ir
. 2 0 0 6 ). B e c a u s e th e B IA d idn o t ab u se its d isc re tio n in c o n c lu d in g th a t L i f a iled to d em o n str ate tha t he q u ali fied fo r an ex ce p ti o n to the ti m e a n dn u m b er li m it a tion s u n d er 8 C .F .R . § 1 0 0 3 .2 (c )( 3 ), i ts d e n ia l o f L i’ s m o tio n to re o p e n w a s n o t in e rr o r. W e have cons i der ed al l of L i ’ s r emai ni ng ar gum ent s on appea l and conclude thatthey
a r e wi th o u tme r i t . F o rth e f o r e g o i n g r e a s o n s , th e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w i s DE NI E D. As we h a v e c o m p lete do u r r e v iew , an ysta yo f re m o v a l th a t th e c o u rt p re v io u slyg ra n ted in th is p e tit io n is V A C A T E D , an da n yp e n d in g m o tio n f o r a sta yo f

re m o v a l inth is p e tit io n is D IS M IS S E D a s m o o t. F O R T H E C O U R T : C A T H E R IN E O ’H A G A N W O L F E , C lerk