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12-2158
         Yang v. Holder
                                                                                       BIA
                                                                               A077 354 039
                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                               FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
                                    SUMMARY ORDER
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 1            At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
 2       for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United
 3       States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York,
 4       on the 17th day of October, two thousand thirteen.
 5
 6
 7       PRESENT:
 8                DENNIS JACOBS,
 9                DENNY CHIN,
10                SUSAN L. CARNEY,
11                     Circuit Judges.
12       _____________________________________
13
14       FANG JIN YANG, AKA OLIVIA CHUNG,
15                Petitioner,
16
17                        v.                                    12-2158
18                                                              NAC
19       ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
20       ATTORNEY GENERAL,
21                Respondent.
22       _____________________________________
23
24       FOR PETITIONER:               Garry J. Yerman, New York, New York.
25
26       FOR RESPONDENT:               Stuart F. Delery, Principal Deputy
27                                     Attorney General; Leslie McKay,
28                                     Assistant Director; Ilissa M. Gould,
29                                     Trial Attorney, Office of
30                                     Immigration Litigation, United
31                                     States Department of Justice,
32                                     Washington, D.C.
 1       UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a

 2   decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), it is

 3   hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for

 4   review is DENIED.

 5       Fang Jin Yang, a native and citizen of the People’s

 6   Republic of China, seeks review of a May 8, 2012, decision

 7   of the BIA denying her motion to reopen.     In re Fang Jin

 8   Yang, No. A077 354 039 (B.I.A. May 8, 2012).     We assume the

 9   parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and

10   procedural history.

11       We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for

12   abuse of discretion, mindful of the Supreme Court’s

13   admonition that such motions are “disfavored.”     Ali v.

14   Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir. 2006) (citing INS v.

15   Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 322-23 (1992)).     When the BIA

16   considers relevant evidence of country conditions in

17   evaluating a motion to reopen, we review the BIA’s factual

18   findings for substantial evidence.   See Jian Hui Shao v.

19   Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir. 2008).

20       An alien may file a motion to reopen within 90 days of

21   the agency’s final administrative decision.     8 U.S.C.

22   § 1229a(c)(7)(C); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2).     Although Yang’s

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 1   motion was indisputably untimely because it was filed more

 2   than eight years after the agency’s final order of removal,

 3   see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i), there is no time

 4   limitation for a motion to reopen that is “based on changed

 5   country conditions arising in the country of nationality or

 6   the country to which removal has been ordered, if such

 7   evidence is material and was not available and would not

 8   have been discovered or presented at the previous

 9   proceeding,” 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); see also

10   8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii).

11          The BIA found no material change because the evidence

12   Yang adduced demonstrated the continual targeting of

13   unregistered religious groups since the time of her last

14   hearing rather than worsened conditions for individuals

15   similarly situated to her.     See 8 U.S.C.

16   § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); see also Jian Hui Shao, 546 F.3d at

17   169.    Contrary to Yang’s contention, the record does not

18   compel the conclusion that BIA failed to consider any

19   material evidence of changed country conditions.     See Xiao

20   Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 337 n.17 (2d

21   Cir. 2006).    Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its

22   discretion in denying Yang’s motion to reopen as untimely.

23   See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C).

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1        For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is

2    DENIED.   As we have completed our review, any stay of

3    removal that the Court previously granted in this petition

4    is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in

5    this petition is DISMISSED as moot.    Any pending request for

6    oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with

7    Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second

8    Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).

 9                                 FOR THE COURT:
10                                 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk

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