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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                        FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 23 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                              FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

XIA YU,                                          No.   17-71828

                Petitioner,                      Agency No. A089-879-877

 v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney
General,

                Respondent.

                     On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                         Board of Immigration Appeals

                              Submitted January 18, 2023**

Before:      GRABER, PAEZ, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

      Xia Yu, a native and citizen of China, petitions pro se for review of the

Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen

removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for

abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.

      The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Yu’s motion to reopen as

untimely, where it was filed over one year after the final removal order, see

8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(i) (motion to reopen must be filed within ninety days of

the final removal order), and he has not established changed country conditions in

China to qualify for an exception to the filing deadline, see 8 U.S.C.

§ 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii); Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 996 (9th Cir. 2008)

(movant must produce material evidence that conditions in country of nationality

had changed); see also Rodriguez v. Garland, 990 F.3d 1205, 1209-10 (9th Cir.

2021) (“Changes in a petitioner’s personal circumstances are only relevant where

those changes are related to the changed country conditions that form the basis for

the motion to reopen.”).

      In light of this disposition, we need not reach Yu’s remaining contentions

regarding the merits of his claims. See Simeonov v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 532, 538

(9th Cir. 2004) (courts and agencies are not required to decide issues unnecessary

to the results they reach).

      We do not consider the materials Yu references in his opening brief that are

not part of the administrative record. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 963-64 (9th

Cir. 1996) (en banc).

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The temporary stay of removal remains in place until the mandate issues.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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