Case Name: FENG QING WANG, 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: 2010-01-07
Citations: 359 F. App'x 246
Docket Number: No. 08-2477-ag
Parties: FENG QING WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, PIERRE N. LEVAL, and REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 359
Pages: 246–249

Head Matter:
FENG QING WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-2477-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 7, 2010.
Norman Kwai Wing Wong, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General; Greg D. Mack, Senior Litigation Counsel; Hillel R. Smith, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, PIERRE N. LEVAL, and REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as respondent in this case.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Feng Qing Wang, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of an April 30, 2008 order of the BIA denying her motion to reopen. In re Feng Qing Wang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Apr. 30, 2008). We review the BIA's denial of Wang's motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Kaur v. BIA 413 F.3d 232, 233 (2d Cir.2005). In doing so, we assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and the record of prior proceedings, which we reference only to the extent necessary to explain our decision.
There is no dispute that Wang's February 2008 motion to reopen was untimely, as the IJ's order of removal became final in August 2001. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) (providing that an alien seeking to reopen proceedings may file one motion to reopen no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered). The time period for filing a motion to reopen may be equitably tolled, however, where an alien claims ineffective assistance of counsel. See Rashid v. Mukasey, 533 F.3d 127, 130 (2d Cir.2008). To establish entitlement to such tolling, an alien must demonstrate, inter alia, that she exercised due diligence in pursuing her claim. Id. at 131-32 (providing that an alien is required to demonstrate "due diligence" in pursuing her claims during "both the period of time before the ineffective assistance of counsel was or should have been discovered and the period from that point until the motion to reopen is filed.").
Because Wang does not claim to have taken any action in her removal proceedings between the BIA's August 2001 dismissal of her appeal from the IJ's order of removal and her 2007 request for her immigration file, the BIA concluded that she failed to prove that she exercised due diligence in pursuing reopening of her removal proceedings. On this record, we cannot conclude that the denial of Wang's motion to reopen was an abuse of the BIA's discretion. See Jian Hua Wang v. BIA 508 F.3d 710, 715 (2d Cir.2007); Cekic v. INS, 435 F.3d 167, 171-72 (2d Cir.2006).
Equally unavailing is Wang's challenge to the BIA's finding that she failed to demonstrate changed country conditions sufficient to excuse the untimely filing of her motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii) (providing that there is no time limit for filing a motion to reopen if it is "based on changed circumstances arising in the country of nationality or in the country to which deportation has been ordered, if such evidence is material and was not available and could not have been discovered or presented at the previous hearing"). While the births of her U.S. citizen children may constitute a change in personal circumstances, they do not constitute a change in country conditions. See Li Yong Zheng v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 416 F.3d 129, 130-31 (2d Cir.2005); see also Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 273-74 (2d Cir.2006). Furthermore, we have previously reviewed the BIA's consideration of documentary evidence similar to that submitted by Wang and found no error in its conclusion that such evidence is insufficient to establish either material changed country conditions or a reasonable possibility of persecution. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169-73 (2d Cir.2008).
Although Wang further submits that her due process rights were violated by her lack of opportunity to pursue asylum on account of her fear of persecution as a Catholic, this argument is also without merit. Wang has no liberty or property interest in seeking a discretionary grant of leave to reopen. Cf. Yuen Jin v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 143, 157 (2d Cir.2008) (holding that "an alien who has already filed one asylum application, been adjudicated removable and ordered deported, and who has nevertheless remained in the country illegally for several years, does not have a liberty or property interest in a discretionary grant of asylum"); see also Gomez-Palacios v. Holder, 560 F.3d 354, 361 n. 2 (5th Cir.2009); Iglesias v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 528, 531 (7th Cir.2008). In any event, she has received ample process. Prior to her motion to reopen, Wang filed and had adjudicated an asylum application in which she identified herself as a Catholic but chose not to seek relief on that ground. See Yuen Jin, 538 F.3d at 157.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34(b).
. Because Wang did not timely petition for review of the August 8, 2001 order of the BIA dismissing as moot her appeal from an immigration judge's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, our review is limited to the BIA's decision not to reopen Wang's removal proceedings.
. As Wang's brief does not address the BIA's finding that she failed to demonstrate changed country conditions related to her claim based on religion, any challenge to that finding is deemed waived. See Norton v. Sam's Club, 145 F.3d 114, 117 (2d Cir.1998).