Court Opinion

ID: 1038536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-08-28 00:02:36.506041+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:47:26.134196
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM
  
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  After removal proceedings were instituted against Victoria Garcia, a Mexican citizen, she conceded removability and applied for asylum and cancellation of removal. Garcia later withdrew her asylum claim.
 

  An Immigration Judge denied relief and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”)
   
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  dismissed Garcia’s appeal. The BIA later denied Garcia’s subsequent motion to reopen based on changed country conditions. Garcia petitions for review of the denial of the motion to reopen. We deny her petition.
 

  The motion to reopen asserted that the only person Garcia could live with in Mexico was her gay cousin. She argued that because gays are mistreated in Mexico, it would be dangerous for her to live with him. Even assuming that Garcia’s motion to reopen can be based on her cousin’s sexual orientation, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying it. The motion was premised on changed country conditions, and the evidence before the BIA suggested that conditions had improved for gays in Mexico.
 

  DENIED.
 

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   This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.