Case Name: Merita LANAZI, 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: 2010-01-21
Citations: 361 F. App'x 265
Docket Number: No. 08-2810-ag
Parties: Merita LANAZI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: ROGER J. MINER, WALKER, and REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 361
Pages: 265–268

Head Matter:
Merita LANAZI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-2810-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 21, 2010.
Charles Christophe, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Barry J. Pettinato, Assistant Director, Kristin A. Moresi, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: ROGER J. MINER, WALKER, and REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as respondent in this case.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Merita Lanazi, a native and citizen of Albania, seeks review of a May 14, 2008 order of the BIA denying her motion to reopen. In re Menta Lanazi, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. May 14, 2008). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of this case.
We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion, mindful of the Supreme Court's admonition that such motions are "disfavored." Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006) (quoting INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 322-23, 112 S.Ct. 719, 116 L.Ed.2d 823 (1992)). We review for substantial evidence the BIA's fact-finding with respect to country conditions evidence submitted with a motion to reopen. Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir.2008).
In general, a party may file only one motion to reopen removal proceedings and must do so no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered in the proceeding sought to be reopened. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1), (2). Lanazi's January 2008 motion to reopen was untimely, because the BIA entered a final administrative order dismissing her appeal in April 2006. However, the time and number limitations do not apply to a motion to reopen that is "based on changed circumstances arising in the country of nationality or in the country to which deportation has been ordered, if such evidence is material and was not available and could not have been discovered or presented at the previous hearing." 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(e)(3)(ii).
Lanazi argues that the BIA failed properly to consider evidence in the record. This argument is unavailing. While the BIA has an obligation to consider the "record as a whole," and may abuse its discretion by denying a motion to reopen without addressing "all the factors relevant to [a] petitioner's claim," Ke Zhen Zhao v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 265 F.3d 83, 97 (2d Cir.2001), it is not required to "expressly parse or refute . each individual . piece of evidence offered by the petitioner," Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir.2006) (internal quotation marks omitted). The BIA properly considered the record as a whole. It explained that, contrary to Lanazi's assertion, "the documents she has submitted in support of her motion reflect 'forward progress in the country's democratic development,' " and that while there were some documents "mentioning isolated violent incidents during local elections," they were "not adequate to show changed country conditions sufficient to warrant reopening.' " Additionally, the BIA examined "[o]ther documents in the record, including an article discussing poor economic conditions in Albania, and a missile attack," and found that they did "not appear relevant to" Lanazi's claim that she would face persecution.
While Lanazi points to news articles and reports referring to the February 2007 elections and argues that they "changed the political landscape" and that "Socialists gained power," Pet'r's Br. at 21, the evidence indicates that the Democratic Party "became the biggest in the new legislature" and that the Democratic Prime Minister stated that the election was the "best ever held in post-communist Albania." On this record, we cannot conclude that the BIA's factual determination is unsupported by substantial evidence, or that it abused its discretion in denying Lanazi's untimely motion to reopen. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d at 169; Ke Zhen Zhao v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 265 F.3d at 93.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have com pleted our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34(b).