Jose Luis Villela Miranda v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE LUIS VILLELA MIRANDA,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 14-71949
Agency No. A074-824-630
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 26, 2016**
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Jose Luis Villela Miranda, a native and citizen of Guatemala, 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 abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen. Najmabadi
* 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).
FILED
AUG 3 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir. 2010). We deny the petition for review.
The BIA did not abuse its discretion denying Villela Miranda’s motion to
reopen as untimely, where it was filed more than sixteen years after the agency’s
final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Villela Miranda did not establish
changed circumstances in Guatemala to overcome the time limitation for a motion
to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 987-91
(evidence must be “qualitatively different” to warrant reopening).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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