Case Name: MIN LIN, aka Muda Bin Mudah Ali, Xiao Feng Huang, Petitioners, 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: 2012-05-08
Citations: 480 F. App'x 66
Docket Number: Nos. 11-2455-ag (L), 11-2460-ag (Con)
Parties: MIN LIN, aka Muda Bin Mudah Ali, Xiao Feng Huang, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: JOSEPH M. McLaughlin, pierre n. leval and ROSEMARY S. POOLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 480
Pages: 66–68

Head Matter:
MIN LIN, aka Muda Bin Mudah Ali, Xiao Feng Huang, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Nos. 11-2455-ag (L), 11-2460-ag (Con).
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 8, 2012.
Gary J. Yerman, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Anthony C. Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel; Yedidya Cohen, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: JOSEPH M. McLaughlin, pierre n. leval and ROSEMARY S. POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioners Min Lin and Xiao Feng Huang, natives and citizens of the People's Republic of China, seek review of the May 27, 2011, decisions of the BIA denying their motion to reopen. In re Min Lin, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ], Xiao Feng Huang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. May 27, 2011). We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Kaur v. BIA 413 F.3d 232, 233 (2d Cir.2005) (per curiam). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
The BIA's denial of Petitioners' motion to reopen as untimely was not an abuse of discretion. A motion to reopen generally must be filed no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision has been rendered. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). Here, Petitioners' March 2011 motion to reopen was untimely as the BIA issued its final decision in July 2010.
In some instances, an alien may toll the time period for filing a motion to reopen by demonstrating ineffective assistance of counsel. See Cekic v. INS, 435 F.3d 167, 170 (2d Cir.2006). In order to toll the time period, an applicant who files a motion to reopen based on ineffective assistance of counsel must, inter alia, demonstrate that competent counsel would have acted otherwise and that he suffered actual prejudice as a result of his counsel's poor performance. See id. at 171.
In their motion to reopen, Petitioners argued that they were prejudiced by their former counsel's failure to timely file a petition for review with this Court. The BIA denied the motion to reopen because it was untimely and because they did not offer any evidence that a petition for review of the BIA's final order had any possibility of success. We agree that Petitioners did not demonstrate the requisite prejudice necessary to toll the time limitation. The BIA's denial of Petitioners' motion to reopen therefore was not an abuse of discretion. See Rabin v. INS, 41 F.3d 879, 882 (2d Cir.1994) (in order to show "actual prejudice," an applicant "must make a prima facie showing that he would have been eligible for the relief [sought] and that he could have made a strong showing in support of his application").
Before this Court, Petitioners assert that they were prejudiced by their prior attorney's failure to file a petition for review of the BIA's prior decision, and the result of their case would have been different had the prior attorney not erred, because they had a well-founded fear of persecution in China based on their violation of China's family planning policy. Petitioners also argue that, independent from showing that they were prejudiced by their former attorney's actions, they have shown changed country conditions sufficient to excuse the filing deadline on their untimely motion to reopen. Because Petitioners are raising both of these arguments for the first time before this Court, we decline to consider- them. See Lin Zhong v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 480 F.3d 104, 119-20, 122 (2d Cir.2007). Moreover, we lack jurisdiction to review a decision of the BIA declining to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings or reissue its prior decision. See Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 518 (2d Cir.2006).
For the foregoing reasons, the petitions for review are DENIED. As we have completed our review, the pending motions for stays of removal in these petitions are DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in these petitions is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).