Case Name: SHU YU CHEN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-08-27
Citations: 615 F. App'x 29
Docket Number: No. 13-1483
Parties: SHU YU CHEN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, BARRINGTON D. PARKER, and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 615
Pages: 29–31

Head Matter:
SHU YU CHEN, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-1483.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Aug. 27, 2015.
Thomas D. Barra, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General; Cindy S. Ferrier, Assistant Director; Michele Y.F. Sarko, Attorney, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, BARRINGTON D. PARKER, and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., as the Respondent in this case.

Opinion:
Petitioner Shu Yu Chen, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of an April 1, 2013, decision of the BIA denying her motion to reopen. In re Shu Yu Chen, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Apr. 1, 2013). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, mindful that such motions are "disfavored." Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006) (citing INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 322-23, 112 S.Ct. 719, 116 L.Ed.2d 823 (1992)). Aliens seeking to reopen proceedings may move to reopen no later than 90 days after the final administrative decision was rendered. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). However, this time limitation does not apply if the motion is "based on changed country conditions arising in the country of nationality or the country to which removal has been ordered, if such evidence is material and was not available and would not have been discovered or presented at the previous proceedings." 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii).
Chen's motion to reopen was untimely; she filed-it in 2013, nearly nine years after the agency rendered its final decision. The BIA determined that she failed to carry her heavy burden of demonstrating material changed country conditions that would excuse her delay. Specifically, the agency concluded that Chen's motion was predicated on a change in her personal circumstances — converting to Christianity and participating in demonstrations — rather than a change in China. This was no abuse of discretion. As this Court has made clear, "[a] self-induced change in personal circumstances cannot suffice" to excuse an untimely motion to reopen, particularly if the petitioner undertakes those changes while under a final order of removal. Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 274 (2d Cir.2006).
. Chen asserts that the BIA ignored reports showing changed country conditions for Falun Gong practitioners. But the BIA considered those reports in finding that Chen is not prima facie eligible for asylum because she failed to satisfy her obligation to "make some showing that authorities in [her] country of nationality are either aware of [her] activities or likely to become aware of [her] activities." Hongsheng Leng v. Mukasey, 528 F.3d 135, 143 (2d Cir.2008). Chen submitted reports on the Chinese government's practice of harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners; she did not demonstrate that this practice would impact her as a Falun Gong supporter. As a consequence, the BIA reasonably concluded that Chen failed to establish a sufficient ground for her claimed fear of persecution.
Because we affirm the BIA's conclusion that Chen failed to establish prima facie eligibility for asylum, Chen's arguments that she is eligible for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture necessarily also fail because those claims shared the same factual predicate. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156-57 (2d Cir.2006); Xue Hong Yang v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 426 F.3d 520, 523 (2d Cir.2005). Accordingly, remand as to these claims would be futile.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition forreview is DENIED.