Case Name: Ratna SUBBA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-31
Citations: 561 F. App'x 41
Docket Number: No. 12-3637
Parties: Ratna SUBBA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 561
Pages: 41–42

Head Matter:
Ratna SUBBA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-3637.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
March 31, 2014.
Ramesh K. Shrestha, New York, N.Y., for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General; David V. Bernal, Assistant Director; Lindsay W. Zimliki, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Ratna Subba, a native and citizen of Nepal, seeks review of an August 14, 2012, decision of the BIA denying her motion to reopen. In re Ratna Subba, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Aug. 14, 2012). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of this case.
We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, mindful of the Supreme Court's admonition that such motions are "disfavored." Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006) (citing INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 322-23, 112 S.Ct. 719, 116 L.Ed.2d 823 (1992)). The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Subba's motion to reopen because she failed to rebut the agency's underlying adverse credibility determination. See Kaur v. BIA, 413 F.3d 232, 234 (2d Cir.2005). Although, as she asserts, the IJ found her credible as to the fact that she was a teacher in Nepal, the IJ nevertheless rejected as not credible her assertions that Maoists had harmed her and threatened to harm her, irrespective of whether they were motivated by her status as a teacher or her political affiliation. Moreover, Subba did not submit to the BIA any new, objective evidence regarding Maoists' treatment of teachers in Nepal. Cf. Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 152-55 (2d Cir.2006) (concluding that the BIA abuses its discretion in denying a motion to reopen based solely on a failure to rebut an underlying adverse credibility determination if the movant was found credible regarding his or her possession of a characteristic, such as practicing a religion, and the mov-ant presents new, objective evidence regarding the persecution of individuals possessing that characteristic). Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Subba's motion to reopen. See Kaur, 413 F.3d at 234; see also 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(B).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.