Case Name: Florjan BALLIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-04-05
Citations: 473 F. App'x 58
Docket Number: No. 09-4922-ag
Parties: Florjan BALLIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 473
Pages: 58–60

Head Matter:
Florjan BALLIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-4922-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
April 5, 2012.
Andrew P. Johnson, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Lyle D. Jentzer, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jeffrey L. Menkin, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Florjan Balliu, a native and citizen of Albania, seeks review of an October 29, 2009, order of the BIA denying his motion to reopen. In re Florjan Balliu, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Oct. 29, 2009). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of this case.
We review the BIA's denial of Balliu's motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006). An alien may file only one motion to reopen and must do so within 90 days of the final administrative decision. Luna v. Holder. 637 F.3d 85, 95-96 (2d Cir.2011); 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). Although Balliu's motion was indisputably untimely, there is no time or numerical limitation if the alien establishes materially "changed country conditions arising in the country of nationality." 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Balliu's motion to reopen. Balliu argues that the BIA erred by failing to properly consider and give weight to his father's statement, the police report his father filed, and a newspaper article in the record. To the contrary, the BIA specifically referenced those documents in its decision, and went on to find that, although the evidence supported the claim that Balliu's father had been harmed, it indicated that the motivation for the attacks was criminal. See Ucelo-Gomez v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 70, 74 (2d Cir.2007) (harm motivated by wealth is not persecution under the INA). Balliu therefore essentially quarrels with the weight that the BIA chose to afford to the documents, a decision that lies within the BIA's discretion. See Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 342 (2d Cir.2006).
Moreover, the BIA's determination that the attacks on Balliu's father were motivated by money rather than by the family's political opinion was not "arbitrary or capricious." Ke Zhen Zhao v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 265 F.3d 83, 93 (2d Cir.2001). As the BIA found, the police report and the local news article indicated only that the motive behind those events was "a criminal demand for money." In addition, the BIA pointed to a doctor's report relating to injuries that Balliu's father allegedly sustained in October 2008, which stated that the father "refused to inform the doctor of the cause" of his injuries. Indeed, the only record evidence suggesting a political motive for the attacks was the father's statement, which the BIA reasonably determined was "less persuasive than these other reports, which appear to be more objective." See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 171 (2d Cir.2008) ("We do not ourselves attempt to resolve conflicts in record evidence, a task largely within the discretion of the agency"); see also Xiao Ji Chen, 471 F.3d at 342.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.