Case Name: DE QUAN YE, 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: 2014-07-02
Citations: 582 F. App'x 8
Docket Number: No. 13-2841
Parties: DE QUAN YE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 582
Pages: 8–8

Head Matter:
DE QUAN YE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-2841.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
July 2, 2014.
Edward J. Cuccia, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General; Jennifer L. Lightbody, Senior Litigation Counsel; Matthew A. Connelly, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Present: JON O. NEWMAN, RICHARD C. WESLEY and GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review is DENIED.
De Quan Ye, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a June 28, 2013, decision of the BIA denying his motion to reopen. In re De Quan Ye, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Jun. 28, 2013). 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. Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006).
As Ye concedes in his brief, his fourth motion to reopen filed in May 2013 was untimely, number barred, and did not fall under any statutory exception to the time and number limitations. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(7)(C)(i). Ye argues that, because his 1997 removal proceedings were improvidently begun after he had already been ordered excluded, the time and number rules do not apply. Ye, however, cites to no authority in support of this proposition except for general case law regarding the doctrine of res judicata, which, by itself, is unavailing. First, 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g) bars judicial review of the agency's determination to "commence proceedings," thus, to the extent Ye argues that the 1997 removal proceedings should not have been commenced, judicial review is not available. In any event, Ye raises his res judicata argument for the first time in his fourth motion to reopen, without explaining why he did not raise it earlier. Ye could have raised that argument as early as 1997, but did not do so. The regulations provide that a motion to reopen must be based on new, previously unavailable evidence. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1). As Ye identifies no basis for finding that the BIA abused its discretion by denying reopening and termination of proceedings, his petition for review is DENIED.