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09-3757-ag
         Huang v. Holder
                                                                                       BIA
                                                                               A079 741 586
                            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 Daniel Patrick Moynihan
 3       United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of
 4       New York, on the 27 th day of July, two thousand ten.
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 6       PRESENT:
 7                JOSÉ A. CABRANES,
 8                RICHARD C. WESLEY,
 9                DENNY CHIN,
10                     Circuit Judges.
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13       YONG SHING HUANG,
14       A.K.A. YONG SHENG HUANG,
15                Petitioner,
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17                         v.                                   09-3757-ag
18                                                              NAC
19       ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
20       ATTORNEY GENERAL,
21                Respondent.
22       _______________________________________
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24       FOR PETITIONER:               Jed S. Wasserman, New York, New
25                                     York.
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27       FOR RESPONDENT:               Tony West, Assistant Attorney
28                                     General; Emily Anne Radford,
29                                     Assistant Director; Aviva L.
30                                     Poczter, Senior Litigation Counsel,
31                                     Office of Immigration Litigation,
32                                     United States Department of Justice,
33                                     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        Yong Shing Huang, a native and citizen of the People’s

6    Republic of China, seeks review of an August 6, 2009, order

7    of the BIA denying his motion to reopen.     In re Yong Shing

8    Huang, No. A079 741 586 (B.I.A. Aug. 6, 2009).     We assume

9    the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and

10   procedural history of this case.

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

12   for abuse of discretion.     Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517

13   (2d Cir. 2006).     An alien may file only one motion to reopen

14   and must do so within 90 days of the final administrative

15   decision.   8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2).

16   However, there is no time or numerical limitation where the

17   alien establishes materially “changed country conditions

18   arising in the country of nationality.”     8 U.S.C.

19   § 1229a(c)(7) (C)(ii); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii).

20   Here, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying

21   Huang’s motion to reopen, which was indisputably untimely.

22       As the BIA found, Huang’s alleged membership in the

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1    China Democracy Party (“CDP”) was a change in his personal

2    circumstances, not a change in country conditions.     See Yuen

3    Jin v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 143, 155 (2d Cir. 2008).     Although

4    Huang asserts that conditions for pro-democracy supporters

5    in China have worsened since the time of the IJ’s decision,

6    changing one’s personal circumstances in a way that

7    coincides with changes in one’s country–years after being

8    ordered removed–does not meet the changed country conditions

9    exception set forth at 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii).       As we

10   have observed, the existing legal system does not permit

11   aliens who have been ordered removed “to disregard [those]

12   orders and remain in the United States long enough to change

13   their personal circumstances (e.g., by having children or

14   practicing a persecuted religion) and initiate new

15   proceedings via a new asylum application.”    Yuen Jin, 538

16   F.3d at 155; see also Wei Guang Wang v. BIA, 437 F.3d 270,

17   274 (2d Cir. 2006).

18       We find no abuse of discretion in the BIA’s

19   determination that the unauthenticated subpoena and unsworn

20   declaration Huang submitted failed to satisfy his burden of

21   demonstrating that reopening was warranted.    Id.;

22   see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(3)(ii) .   Moreover, contrary to

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1    Huang’s argument, the record does not demonstrate that the

2    BIA failed to consider any of the background evidence he

3    submitted.     See Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 471

4    F.3d 315, 338 (2d Cir. 2006); see also Wei Guang Wang, 437

5    F.3d at 275.

6        For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is

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

8    removal that the Court previously granted in this petition

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

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

11   oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with

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

13   Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).

14                                 FOR THE COURT:
15                                 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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