Case Name: XUE MING TANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. 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 276
Docket Number: No. 09-2476-ag
Parties: XUE MING TANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: GUIDO CALABRESI, B.D. PARKER, and RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 361
Pages: 276–277

Head Matter:
XUE MING TANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-2476-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 21, 2010.
Oleh R. Tustaniwsky, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, Nancy E. Friedman, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: GUIDO CALABRESI, B.D. PARKER, and RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Xue Ming Tang, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, seeks review of a May 13, 2009 order of the BIA denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. In re Xue-Ming Tang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. May 13, 2009). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir.2006). An alien who has been ordered removed may file one motion to reopen, but must do so within 90 days of the final administrative decision. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7). Here, the BIA properly denied Tang's motion to reopen as untimely where he filed it six months after his June 2008 final order of removal. See id,.; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2).
The 90-day filing deadline may be equitably tolled where the alien can establish "changed country conditions arising in the country of nationality...." 8 U.S.C. § 1229a (c)(7)(C)(ii); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii). Tang argues that the BIA abused its discretion by failing to properly consider the evidence of changed country conditions in the record. However, the BIA is not required to "expressly parse or refute on the record each individual argument or piece of evidence offered by the petitioner" as long as it "has given reasoned consideration to the petition, and made adequate findings." Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir.2006). Indeed, a review of the record reveals that the BIA reasonably considered the record evidence and properly found that reopening was not warranted because Tang's motion was based not on changed country conditions in China, but on changed personal circumstances. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii).
Accordingly, as Tang is under a final order of removal and did not file a timely motion to reopen, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in concluding that he was not eligible to file a successive asylum application based solely on his changed personal circumstances. See Yuen Jin v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 143, 151-56 (2d Cir.2008); see also Wei Guang Wang, 437 F.3d at 274 (noting that "apparent gaming of the system in an effort to avoid [removal] is not tolerated by the existing regulatory scheme"). The Court need not reach Tang's argument that he is pñma facie eligible for relief because he was required to show changed country conditions in order to succeed on his untimely motion. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii).
Finally, because Tang's claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief, were based on the same factual predicate, the BIA did not err when it declined to consider his CAT claim in the denial of his motion. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed 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).