Legal Opinion

Yang Zhao-Cheng v. Holder

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 1, 2013No. 12-2335PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Zhao-Cheng Yang, 1 a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, was denied asylum and was ordered excluded in 1998. He did not leave. In 2012, he sought to reopen proceedings on the basis of changed circumstances arising in his country of nationality. He now petitions for judicial review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen. Because the BIA did not abuse its discretion in determining that Yang failed to demonstrate changed country circumstances, it was not an abuse of discretion for the BIA to deny his motion to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ilir Hoxhallari v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  2. Larngar v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  3. Romer v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
  4. Kaihua Huang v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009

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  4. Haizem Liu v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
  5. Sanchez-Romero v. SessionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017

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