Case Name: FA MING YE, aka Fa Ming Yi, aka Tom Tri Tho Truong, 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: 2012-06-05
Citations: 481 F. App'x 681
Docket Number: No. 11-234-ag
Parties: FA MING YE, aka Fa Ming Yi, aka Tom Tri Tho Truong, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, REENA RAGGI, and SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 481
Pages: 681–683

Head Matter:
FA MING YE, aka Fa Ming Yi, aka Tom Tri Tho Truong, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-234-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
June 5, 2012.
Lee Ratner, Law Offices of Michael Brown, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Anthony P. Nicastro, Senior Litigation Counsel; S. Nicole Nardone, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, REENA RAGGI, and SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Fa Ming Ye, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a December 29, 2010 decision of the BIA denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. In re Fa Ming Ye, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Dec. 29, 2010). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
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 seeking to reopen proceedings is required to file a motion to reopen no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered, and is permitted to file only one such motion. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(A), (C). There is no dispute that Ye's third motion to reopen, filed more than seven years after the BIA affirmed the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his asylum application, was untimely and number-barred. Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Ye's motion to reopen as untimely. See Ali, 448 F.3d at 517.
Ye contends, however, that his continued practice of Falun Gong in the United States constitutes changed circumstances, excusing him from the time and number limits. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii). As the BIA noted, however, Ye's Falun Gong activities, which he did not commence until well after he was ordered removed, reflect a self-induced change in personal circumstances, not a change of country conditions in China, and therefore, do not exempt' his motion from the time limitation. See Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 273-74 (2d Cir.2006); see also Yuen Jin v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 143, 155 (2d Cir.2008).
Although Ye argues that the BIA ignored newspaper articles indicating that Falun Gong practitioners may face punishment for acts committed outside of China, the record does not compellingly suggest that the BIA failed to consider any evidence. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir.2008). Indeed, the BIA explicitly noted that the "evidence reflects that Chinese citizens who practice Falun Gong or participate in demonstrations in the United States may be detained or subject to re-education." Furthermore, the BIA did not err by ascribing minimal persuasive weight to Ye's unauthenticated arrest notice, since the notice lacked any indicia of authenticity. See Qin Wen Zheng v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 143, 149 (2d Cir.2007).
Last, Ye's argument that the BIA erred in finding no change in country conditions, despite acknowledging the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners detailed in the U.S. Department of State's 2007 Profile of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions for China, is without merit. The mere fact that the BIA recognized "that Chinese citizens who practice Falun Gong or participate in demonstrations in the United States may be detained or subject to reeducation" does not establish a material change in country conditions sufficient to excuse an untimely motion to reopen, given that the report addressed continuing repression of Falun Gong practitioners since 1999, and given the BIA's determination that Ye's continued practice of Falun Gong reflected a self-induced change in personal circumstances, see Wei Guang Wang, 437 F.3d at 273-74.
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).