Oscar Lima-Nunez v. Merrick Garland


NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 21 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT OSCAR LIMA-NUNEZ, AKA Oscar No. 20-72246 Manuel Nunez, Agency No. A071-609-947 Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM* MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted October 12, 2021** Before: TALLMAN, RAWLINSON, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges. Oscar Lima-Nunez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Lima-Nunez’s motion to reopen as untimely, where it was filed over three years after the order of removal became final, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and he has not established changed country conditions in El Salvador to qualify for the regulatory exception to the filing deadline, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Toufighi v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 988, 996 (9th Cir. 2008) (requiring movant to produce material evidence with motion to reopen that conditions in country of nationality had changed); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 987-90 (evidence must be “qualitatively different” to warrant reopening). The temporary stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 20-72246 20-72246 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Oscar Lima-Nunez v. Merrick Garland 21 October 2021 Agency Unpublished 108a977dd7482603217811f9088906ffcd8ebd1c

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