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Chi-Chi Chang v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 19, 2011
426 F. App'x 253 (5th Cir. 2011)

Summary

noting that the officer found six air fresheners suspicious

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Opinion

No. 10-60564 Summary Calendar.

May 19, 2011.

Chi-Chi Chang, Qi Qi Zhang, Alhambra, CA, pro se.

Joseph D. Hardy, Jr., Esq., Trial Attorney, Tangerlia Cox, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. BIA No. A077 922 121.

Before JOLLY, GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


Chinese citizen Chi-Chi Chang petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. Chang filed his motion to reopen more than 90 days after the BIA's final order in the removal proceeding. He argues that his motion was timely because it was based on changed country conditions in China, i.e., his own recent conversion to Christianity and the disadvantageous position in which his religious activities placed him with the Chinese government.

We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen under a deferential abuse of discretion standard. Manzano-Garcia v. Gonzales, 413 F.3d 462, 469 (5th Cir. 2005). Changed personal circumstances do not constitute changed country circumstances for purposes of 8 C.F.R. 1003.2(c)(2) and (c)(3)(ii). In re C-W-L, 24 I. N. Dec. 346, 350 (BIA 2007). The BIA's denial of Chang's motion to reopen was not an abuse of discretion. See Manzano-Garcia, 413 F.3d at 469.

PETITION DENIED.


Summaries of

Chi-Chi Chang v. Holder

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 19, 2011
426 F. App'x 253 (5th Cir. 2011)

noting that the officer found six air fresheners suspicious

Summary of this case from United States v. Pena-Gonzalez
Case details for

Chi-Chi Chang v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:CHI-CHI CHANG, also known as Qi Qi Zhang, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 19, 2011

Citations

426 F. App'x 253 (5th Cir. 2011)

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