Opinion ID: 750666
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Order To Remand and Reopen

Text: 16 The petitioners ask this court to order the BIA to reopen their case. Our authority to order the BIA to consider new evidence comes from 28 U.S.C. section 2347(c). Under that statute we may compel the BIA to rehear the case if the new evidence is material and there were reasonable grounds for failing to present it initially. 17 Petitioners' new evidence is Bolshakov's potential eligibility for a change in status based on his recent certification as a gifted artist. There is no evidence in the record indicating that he became a gifted artist after he filed the first motion to reopen, or that his gifted status is new. He could have applied for such status when he first entered the country, but instead he made an application for asylum which failed. 18 He is subject to deportation and this latest motion to reopen is an attempt to avoid that deportation. His delay in applying for gifted artist status can be seen as a dilatory tactic providing an independent ground for declining to remand his case to the BIA. See Dolores v. INS, 772 F.2d 223, 227 (6th Cir.1985). 19 In light of the circumstances of this case, we will not order reopening. 20 Petition for review is DENIED. 21 Motion to reopen is DENIED.