Qiuyingdi Chen v. Gonzales
Qiuyingdi Chen v. Gonzales
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Qiuyingdi Chen, through counsel, petitions for review of the June 2004 BIA decision denying his second motion to reopen his removal proceedings. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion. See Ke Zhen Zhao v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 265 F.3d 83, 93 (2d Cir. 2001). An abuse of discretion may be found where the BIA’s decision “provides no rational explanation, inexplicably departs from established policies, is devoid of any reasoning, or contains only summary or conclusory statements; that is to say, where the Board has acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner.” Id.
Here, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Chen’s second motion to reopen as both numerically and time-barred when he failed to explain why he
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. Having completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DENIED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appeljate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34(d)(1).
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