Case Name: JIE MIN QU, Also known as Jiemin Qu Zhou Fan, 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: 2011-02-23
Citations: 411 F. App'x 392
Docket Number: No. 10-1534-ag
Parties: JIE MIN QU, Also known as Jiemin Qu Zhou Fan, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: ROBERTA. KATZMANN, B.D. PARKER and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 411
Pages: 392–394

Head Matter:
JIE MIN QU, Also known as Jiemin Qu Zhou Fan, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-1534-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Feb. 23, 2011.
Gary J. Yerman, New York, N.Y., for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Daniel E. Goldman, Senior Litigation Counsel; Matthew A. Spurlock, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: ROBERTA. KATZMANN, B.D. PARKER and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Jie Min Qu, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a March 31, 2010, order of the BIA denying her motion to reopen her removal proceedings. In re Jie Min Qu, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Mar. 31, 2010). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the ease.
We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006). An alien who has been ordered removed may file one motion to reopen, but must do so within 90 days of the final administrative decision. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a (c)(7)(c)(l). Here, the BIA properly denied Qu's motion to reopen as untimely and number-barred, as it was her second motion to reopen and was filed more than three years after her July 2006 final order of removal. See id. § 1229a(c)(7); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). Moreover, the BIA reasonably determined that Qu failed to satisfy an exception to the time and number bars based either on ineffective assistance of counsel or changed country conditions.
I. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Under the doctrine of equitable tolling, ineffective assistance of counsel can extend the filing deadline for an alien's motion to reopen. See Cekic v. INS, 435 F.3d 167, 170 (2d Cir.2006). In order to warrant equitable tolling, however, the alien is required to demonstrate that she exercised "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." Rashid v. Mukasey, 533 F.3d 127, 132 (2d Cir.2008).
The BIA did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in concluding that Qu failed to exercise due diligence because she filed her second motion to reopen more than three years after she reasonably should have discovered that she received ineffective assistance of counsel. See Jian Hua Wang v. BIA, 508 F.3d 710, 715 (2d Cir.2007). Indeed, Qu concedes that she was aware of her prior counsel's fraudulent practices at the time of the IJ's decision. Because the BIA did not abuse its discretion in finding a lack of due diligence, we need not reach the merits of the underlying ineffective assistance claim. See Cekic, 435 F.3d at 170.
II. Changed Country Conditions
The agency also reasonably found that Qu's motion did not qualify for the changed country conditions exception to the time and numerical limitations. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii). The evidence Qu submitted was similar to that which the BIA addressed in Matter of J-W-S-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 185 (B.I.A.2007). We have previously reviewed, and found no error in, the BIA's analysis in that case. Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138 (2d Cir. 2008).
Moreover, given the BIA's explicit references to the documentation submitted with the motion to reopen, a reasonable fact-finder would not be compelled to conclude that the BIA ignored any material evidence. See Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir.2006), see also Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 337 n. 17 (2d Cir.2006) (presuming that the agency "has taken into account all of the evidence before [it], unless the record compellingly suggests otherwise").
Additionally, contrary to Qu's argument, the BIA did not err in giving diminished weight to both her affidavit and the evidence she submitted relating to the sterilization of two individuals from her home province. See Xiao Ji Chen, 471 F.3d at 342 (finding that the weight afforded to the applicant's evidence in immigration proceedings lies largely within the discretion of the agency). The BIA also did not err in finding that the evidence relating to the sterilization of two individuals from her home province was not material because it did not detail the forced sterilizations of similarly situated individuals — namely, those who gave birth to two children outside of China. See Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d at 160-61. Accordingly, because Qu failed to demonstrate a material change in country conditions, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying her motion to reopen. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii).
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 34.1(b).