Opinion

Mei Xia Wang v. Board of Immigration Appeals

  • 180 F. App'x 215
Court
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Filed
May 8, 2006
Status
Published
On the bench
Calabresi, Hall, Hon, Winter
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 10.3%

The opinion

SUMMARY ORDER

Mei Xia Wang petitions for review of the September 2005 decision of the BIA affirming Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Jeffrey Chase’s denial of her motion to reopen exclusion proceedings. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts and procedural history of this case.

*216 This Court reviews the IJ’s decision where, as here, the BIA adopts or defers to that decision. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir.2005). This Court reviews the denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. See Kaur v. BIA 413 F.3d 232, 233 (2d Cir. 2005) (per curiam). An abuse of discretion may be found where the 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 agency has acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner.” Kaur, 413 F.3d at 233-34 ; Ke Zhen Zhao v. United States Dep’t of Justice, 265 F.3d 83 , 93 (2d Cir. 2001) (internal citations omitted).

In this case, the IJ provided rational explanations for denying Wang’s motion; reasoning that the new family planning law that China enacted in September 2002 did not constitute a sufficient change in conditions to warrant reopening. See Wei Guang Wang v. BIA 437 F.3d 270, 275-76 (2d Cir.2006). Furthermore, Wang failed to exercise due diligence by pursuing her claims at such a late date. The IJ provided a clear and rational explanation for denying Wang’s motion to reopen, and neither his decision or the BIA’s affirmance of that decision was an abuse of discretion.

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 Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34(d)(1).

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