NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 20 2022 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT GABRIEL MINASYAN; HASMIK No. 15-70862 MINASSIAN; HAKOB MINASYAN, Agency Nos. A075-648-887 Petitioners, A075-648-888 A075-648-890 v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney MEMORANDUM* General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted May 17, 2022** Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges. Gabriel, Hasmik, and Hakob Minasyan, natives and citizens of Armenia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order of February 19, 2015, denying their motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 * 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). U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d 960, 964 (9th Cir. 2002). We deny the petition for review. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion, which was not supported as required by the governing regulation. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1) (“A motion to reopen . . . shall be supported by affidavits or other evidentiary material.”); see also INS v. Wang, 450 U.S. 139, 143 (1981) (enforcing a prior regulation that required motions to reopen to be supported by affidavits or other evidentiary material). Petitioners offer no support for their contention that the BIA should have excused them from this requirement because they filed their motion to reopen pro se. The record does not support Petitioners’ contention that the BIA abused its discretion by failing to “consider the most recent relevant country condition profile published by the United States State Department” under Abassi v. INS, 305 F.3d 1028, 1029 (9th Cir. 2002), because they filed their motion pro se. That case is inapplicable for several reasons, including that Petitioners failed to identify materially changed circumstances that any such profile would demonstrate. The temporary stay of removal remains in place until issuance of the mandate. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 15-70862 15-70862 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ca9 9th Cir. Gabriel Minasyan v. Merrick Garland 20 May 2022 Agency Unpublished a03c3db7c3e22f3193397bfb72003f5788a38e96
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