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Date Created: 2010-12-18 02:22:04+00
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10-347-ag
         Hussain v. Holder
                                                                                       BIA
                                                                               A078 698 652
                                                                               A078 698 653
                                                                               A078 698 654
                                                                               A078 698 655
                                  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 17 th day of December, two thousand               ten.
 5
 6       PRESENT:
 7                DENNIS JACOBS,
 8                     Chief Judge,
 9                JON O. NEWMAN,
10                RALPH K. WINTER,
11                     Circuit Judges.
12       _______________________________________
13
14       ABID N. HUSSAIN, SHAHIDA PARVEEN,
15       QURAT UL AIN ABID, AMBREEN ABID
16                Petitioners,
17
18                           v.                                 10-347-ag
19                                                              NAC
20       ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., UNITED STATES
21       ATTORNEY GENERAL,
22                Respondent.
23       _______________________________________
24
25       FOR PETITIONERS:                  H. Raymond Fasano, New York, New
26                                         York.
27
28       FOR RESPONDENT:                   Tony West, Assistant Attorney
29                                         General; Linda S. Wernery, Assistant
1                              Director; Theodore C. Hirt,
2                              Attorney, Office of Immigration
3                              Litigation, Civil Division, United
4                              States Department of Justice,
5                              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        Petitioners, all natives and citizens of Pakistan, seek

6    review of a January 28, 2010, order of the BIA denying their

7    motion to reopen their removal proceedings.     In re Hussain,

8    et. al., Nos. A078 698 652/653/654/655 (B.I.A. Jan. 28,

9    2010).   We assume the parties’ familiarity with the

10   underlying facts and procedural history of the case.

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

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

13   (2d Cir. 2006).     An alien who has been ordered removed may

14   file one motion to reopen, but must do so within 90 days of

15   the final administrative decision.     8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7).

16   Here, the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying

17   Petitioners’ motion to reopen, as their motion was filed in

18   February 2009, more than one year after the entry of their

19   August 2008 final order of removal.     See id.; 8 C.F.R.

20   § 1003.2(c)(2).

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1        Alternatively, the BIA acted within its discretion in

2    denying the motion by reason of Petitioners’ failure to

3    comply with the requirements for reopening.    As the BIA

4    found, Petitioners failed to submit an asylum application in

5    conjunction with their motion to reopen, as required under

6    the regulations.    See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1).   Petitioners

7    have failed to challenge this dispositive ground for the

8    denial of reopening.    The petition for review is therefore

9    denied.    See Steevenez v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 114, 118 (2nd

10   Cir. 2007) (denying the petition for review because

11   petitioner failed to challenge a dispositive ground for

12   relief).

13       Moreover, the BIA reasonably concluded that Petitioners

14   failed to establish changed country conditions in Pakistan

15   such that the time and number limits on their motion to

16   reopen should be excused.    See 8 U.S.C.

17   § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii).    The evidence Petitioners submitted in

18   support of their motion indicated deteriorating conditions

19   in Pakistan.    However, Petitioners fail to point to evidence

20   in the record establishing a material change; the background

21   documentation submitted in support of the original

22   application provided similar information regarding sectarian

23   violence in Pakistan.    See Matter of S-Y-G-, 24 I. & N. Dec

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1    247, 253 (BIA 2007) (finding that, “[i]n determining whether

2    evidence accompanying a motion to reopen demonstrates a

3    material change in country conditions that would justify

4    reopening, we compare the evidence of country conditions

5    submitted with the motion to those that existed at the time

6    of the merits hearing below”).   Substantial evidence thus

7    supports the BIA’s determination that Petitioners failed to

8    establish changed country conditions.    See 8 C.F.R.

9    § 1003.2(c)(2), (c)(3)(ii); see also Jian Hui Shao v.

10   Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir. 2008) (holding that when

11   the BIA considers relevant evidence of country conditions in

12   evaluating a motion to reopen, this Court reviews the BIA’s

13   factual findings under the substantial evidence standard).

14       Given the BIA’s explicit references to the

15   documentation submitted with the motion to reopen, a

16   reasonable fact-finder would not be compelled to conclude

17   (as Petitioners contend) that the BIA ignored any material

18   evidence that Petitioners submitted.    See Wei Guang Wang v.

19   BIA, 437 F.3d 270, 275 (2d Cir. 2006) (holding that the BIA

20   is not required to “expressly parse or refute on the record

21   each individual argument or piece of evidence offered by the

22   petitioner” as long as it “has given reasoned consideration

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1    to the petition, and made adequate findings”); see also Xiao

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

3    Cir. 2006) (presuming that the agency “has taken into

4    account all of the evidence before [it], unless the record

5    compellingly suggests otherwise”).

6        Because the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying

7    Petitioners’ motion as untimely, see Ali, 448 F.3d at 517,

8    we need not reach Petitioners’ argument that they are prima

9    facie eligible for relief.    See 8 U.S.C.

10   § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii).

11   Petitioners do not challenge the BIA’s remaining findings.

12       For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is

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

14   removal that the Court previously granted in this petition

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

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

17   oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with

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

19   Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).

20                                 FOR THE COURT:
21                                 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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