Case Name: Baljit CHAHAL, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-13
Citations: 115 F. App'x 371
Docket Number: No. 02-74380
Parties: Baljit CHAHAL, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 115
Pages: 371–372

Head Matter:
Baljit CHAHAL, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 02-74380.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 6, 2004.
Decided Dec. 13, 2004.
Olumide K. Obayemi, Esq., Hayward, CA,for Petitioner.
Regional Counsel, Laguna Niguel, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Legal Officer, San Francisco, CA, John S. Hogan, Esq., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
The Clerk is directed to change the caption to reflect that John Ashcroft is the correct respondent.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Baljit Chahal, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of her motion to reopen deportation proceedings based on changed country conditions arising in India. We have partial jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a. We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion. See De Martinez v. Ashcroft, 374 F.3d 759, 761 (9th Cir.2004). We dismiss the petition for review in part and deny it in part.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Chahal's contentions regarding the merits of her applications for asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture because she did not file a timely petition for review of the agency's decisions on these applications. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1258 (9th Cir.1996).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Chahal's motion to reopen to allow her to reapply for asylum based on changed country conditions in India because Chahal's arguments were unsubstantiated and the affidavit and news reports she provided failed to establish prima facie eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1); see Mendez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft, 340 F.3d 865, 870 (9th Cir.2003).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part, and DENIED in part.
jjjjg disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.