Zhiqiang Zhou v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ZHIQIANG ZHOU,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 12-70878
Agency No. A096-052-476
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 15, 2013**
Before: FISHER, GOULD, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Zhiqiang Zhou, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the
Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen removal
proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of
FILED
OCT 22 2013
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.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Thus, we deny Zhou’s
request for oral argument.

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discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen, Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d
983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Zhou’s second motion to
reopen as untimely and number-barred because the motion was filed over three
years after the BIA’s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Zhou failed to
establish materially changed circumstances in China to qualify for the regulatory
exception to the time and numerical limitations for motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R.
§ 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); He v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 1128, 1132-33 (9th Cir. 2007)
(documentation insufficient to establish changed circumstances); see also Toufighi
v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 996-97 (9th Cir. 2008) (underlying adverse credibility
determination rendered evidence of changed circumstances immaterial).
We reject Zhou’s contention that the BIA’s analysis was inadequate or
incomplete. See Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 990 (the BIA “does not have to write an
exegesis on every contention”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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