Rahim v. Holder
Rahim v. Holder
Opinion
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioners, natives and citizens of Bangladesh, seek review of the July 21, 2009 *552 order of the BIA denying their motion to reopen. In re Rahim, No. A073 556 823/822 (B.I.A. July 21, 2009). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
As a preliminary matter, we note that because our review is limited to the BIA’s decision of July 2009, Petitioners’ challenges to the agency’s earlier decisions— ie., the 1996 decision of an immigration judge (“IJ”) and the BIA’s 1998 decision dismissing Petitioners’ appeal of the IJ’s decision — are not properly before us. See Kaur v. BIA, 413 F.3d 232, 233 (2d Cir. 2005); see also Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386, 405-06, 115 S.Ct. 1537, 131 L.Ed.2d 465 (1995). Accordingly, we do not reach Petitioners’ challenge to the IJ’s adverse credibility determination.
We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Ali v. Gonzales, 448 F.3d 515, 517 (2d Cir. 2006). To the extent the BIA evaluated evidence of changed country conditions, we review its findings for substantial evidence. See Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 138, 169 (2d Cir. 2008).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Petitioners’ motion to reopen as untimely. A motion to reopen must generally be filed no later than 90 days after the date on which the final administrative decision was rendered in the proceedings sought to be reopened. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2). There is no dispute that Petitioners’ motion to reopen, filed in December 2008, more than ten years after the BIA affirmed the IJ’s denial of their asylum application, was untimely. Furthermore, the BIA did not err in concluding that Petitioners failed to demonstrate a material change in country conditions as required to warrant consideration of their untimely motion, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003-2(c)(3)(ii), because the evidence they submitted did not rebut the agency’s prior adverse credibility determination. See Kaur v. BIA, 413 F.3d at 234.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have 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 DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Tasnina RAHIM, MD Mahmudur Rahim, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
- Status
- Unpublished