Kumar Chettri v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
KUMAR CHETTRI,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 11-73672
Agency No. A072-131-283
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Argued and Submitted December 7, 2015
Pasadena, California
Before: PREGERSON, D.W. NELSON, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Kumar Chettri appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of
his motion to reopen proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252 and we deny the petition.
The BIA denied Chettri’s motion to reopen because his prior attempts to
obtain asylum using false information undermined his credibility and because his
FILED
MAY 16 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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motion contained inconsistencies that undermined his claims. Because we cannot
say that the BIA’s decision was “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law,” its denial
of the motion to reopen is affirmed. Go v. Holder, 744 F.3d 604, 609 (9th Cir.
2014).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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