Case Name: Belal Ahmed CHAUDHARY, 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: 2009-08-12
Citations: 340 F. App'x 736
Docket Number: No. 08-3900-ag
Parties: Belal Ahmed CHAUDHARY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: WILFRED FEINBERG, B.D. PARKER, RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 340
Pages: 736–737

Head Matter:
Belal Ahmed CHAUDHARY, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-3900-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Aug. 12, 2009.
Charles Christophe, Esq., New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Michael F. Hertz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; David V. Bernal, Assistant Director; Jesse M. Bless, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: WILFRED FEINBERG, B.D. PARKER, RICHARD C. WESLEY, 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 the respondent in this case.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Belal Ahmed Chaudhary, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, seeks review of a July 14, 2008 order of the BIA denying his motion to remand and affirming the December 14, 2006 order of Immigration Judge Barbara A. Nelson denying his motion to reopen. In re Belal Ahmed Chaudhary, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. July 14, 2008), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Dec. 14, 2006). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
We review the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Cekic v. INS, 435 F.3d 167, 170 (2d Cir.2006). Under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), an applicant may file only one motion to reopen his proceedings and that motion must be filed within 90 days of the entry of the final decision in the underlying proceeding. However, an applicant may be excused from compliance with the time and numerical limitations on motions to reopen if he submits evidence establishing "changed country conditions arising in the country of nationality...." 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii). Such a motion shall not be granted unless it appears that the evidence offered in support of the motion "is material and was not available and could not have been discovered or presented" at the previous hearing. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1).
In this case, the agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Chaudhary's motion to reopen. See Cekic, 435 F.3d at 170. The BIA did not err in finding that, even if it was not reasonable to expect that Chau-clhary could authenticate the documents that he submitted in support of his motion, the IJ was nonetheless justified in according the documents little to no weight. The unchallenged adverse credibility determination in the underlying proceedings, as well as Chaudhary's inconsistent and implausible testimony regarding the documents he submitted provided sufficient grounds for the IJ to decline to credit the documents. See Qin Wen Zheng v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 143, 147 (2d Cir.2007).
In addition, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Chaudhary's motion to remand. See Li Yong Cao v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 421 F.3d 149, 157 (2d Cir.2005). Chaudhary argued to the BIA that remand was required because the IJ had based her decision on confused testimony that resulted from interpreter error. The BIA reasonably found that the IJ had ample grounds for declining to credit Chau-dhary's documents even if Chaudhary's confused testimony was disregarded. Accordingly, remanding Chaudhary's case on that basis would be futile, and the BIA did not err in denying the motion.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, the pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot.