Case Name: HE YIN CHEN, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-06-20
Citations: 531 F. App'x 453
Docket Number: No. 12-60663
Parties: HE YIN CHEN, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 531
Pages: 453–454

Head Matter:
HE YIN CHEN, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-60663
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 20, 2013.
Oleh Roman Tustaniwsky, Esq., Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.
Kerry Ann Monaco, Trial Attorney, Tan-gerlia Cox, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
He Yin Chen, a citizen of the People's Republic of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order denying his second motion to reopen his removal proceedings. Despite filing this motion more than 90 days after the BIA's final order in the removal proceeding, Chen contends his motion was timely and not number barred, because it was based on changed country conditions in China resulting from: his recently converting to Christianity; and his religious activities placing him in a disadvantageous position with the Chinese government.
The BIA's denying a motion to reopen is reviewed under the deferential abuse-of-discretion standard. E.g., Manzano-Garda v. Gonzales, 413 F.3d 462, 469 (5th Cir.2005). A petitioner may file only one motion to reopen "no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered", unless the motion is "based on changed circumstances arising in the country of nationality". 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), (c)(3)(h).
The BIA found Chen's personal circumstances, not country conditions in China, had changed. Changed personal circumstances do not constitute changed country conditions for purposes of 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2) and (c)(3)(h). E.g., Yang Xin Chun v. Holder, 335 Fed.Appx. 454, 455 (5th Cir.2009); Keivani v. Gonzales, 214 Fed.Appx. 469, 470 (5th Cir.2007). Accordingly, Chen's motion to reopen was untimely and number barred, and the BIA's denying it on those bases was not an abuse of discretion. See Manzano-Garda, 413 F.3d at 469.
DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.