Case Name: Marco Antonio GALDINO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-23
Citations: 415 F. App'x 799
Docket Number: No. 08-74013
Parties: Marco Antonio GALDINO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 415
Pages: 799–800

Head Matter:
Marco Antonio GALDINO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-74013.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 18, 2011.
Filed Feb. 23, 2011.
Kari Elisabeth Hong, Law Offices of Kari E. Hong, Redlands, CA, for Petitioner.
Blair O’Connor, Assistant Director, Joseph D. Hardy, Jr., Esquire, Trial, DOJ— U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Marco Antonio Galdino, a native and citizen of Brazil, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") order denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings to permit him to reapply for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We affirm the BIA's denial of Galdino's motion to reopen because the BIA's denial was not arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law. Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1039 (9th Cir.2002).
A motion to reopen must be filed "within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal." 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(A), (C)(i). An exception to the 90-day deadline for filing motions to reopen exists for cases involving a change in country circumstances. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii). The law of this circuit requires that a successive and untimely asylum application must satisfy the requirements for a motion to reopen and the stringent change in country circumstances exception. Chen v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1028, 1033-34 (9th Cir.2008); accord Lin v. Holder, 588 F.3d 981, 985, 989 (9th Cir. 2009).
Galdino's motion was not filed within 90 days of the date of the BIA's affirmance of the IJ's order denying relief and ordering Galdino removed. The BIA did not err in ruling that Galdino's motion to reopen was untimely, nor did it err in concluding that the evidence in support of Galdino's motion failed to present persuasive evidence showing a change in country circumstances sufficient to warrant reopening beyond the statutory 90-day limitations period for motions to reopen. Although the evidence before the BIA was sufficient to show that homosexuals and transvestites are subjected to abuse and even murder in Brazil, it did not indicate that those conditions arose or materially worsened after the conclusion of Galdino's removal proceedings. Galdino has also not demonstrated that he is entitled to equitable tolling of the 90-day limitations period because he has failed to present any evidence that he was prevented from filing due to deception, fraud, or error. See Iturribarria v. INS, 321 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2003).
Accordingly, the petition for review of the BIA's denial of Galdino's motion to reopen is DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.