Case Name: Ezequiel VELASQUEZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-06-17
Citations: 134 F. App'x 206
Docket Number: No. 04-72388; Agency No. A75-475-736
Parties: Ezequiel VELASQUEZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 134
Pages: 206–207

Head Matter:
Ezequiel VELASQUEZ-FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-72388.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 14, 2005.
Decided June 17, 2005.
Ezequiel Velasquez-Figueroa, Hemet, CA, pro se.
CAC-District Counsel, Esq., Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, OIL, Margaret K. Taylor, Esq., DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Alberto R. Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ezequiel Velasquez-Figueroa, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen, Konstantinova v. INS, 195 F.3d 528, 529 (9th Cir.1999), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to reopen because the evidence of changed country conditions Velasquez-Figueroa submitted was not material to his claims for relief. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii). Although the new evidence indicates that certain groups in Guatemala are at risk for persecution, there is no evidence that Velasquez-Figueroa's risk of persecution due to his membership in the civil patrol has increased since the date of the immigration judge's decision. See Konstantinova, 195 F.3d at 530 (denying petition where new evidence was too general to demonstrate well-founded fear).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This 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.