U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2008

Ai Hua Dong v. Mukasey

Ai Hua Dong v. Mukasey
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 12, 2008
269 F. App'x 764

Ai Hua Dong v. Mukasey

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Ai Hua Dong, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board *765of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying her motion to reconsider its order denying her second motion to reopen proceedings based on changed country conditions. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for an abuse of discretion, see Oh. v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 611, 612 (9th Cir. 2005), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Dong’s motion to reconsider because she failed to show an error of fact or law in the BIA’s prior decision denying her second motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1). Her second motion to reopen was untimely, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and the birth of her two children in the United States was insufficient to establish changed circumstances in China, see He v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir. 2007) (holding that the birth of children outside the country of origin is a change in personal circumstances that is not sufficient to establish changed circumstances in the country of origin under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii)).

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision not to invoke its sua sponte authority to reopen proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). See Ekimian v. INS, 303 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir. 2002).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid*765ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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