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GARFIELD GREENWOOD, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
MEMORANDUM*
Garfield Greenwood, a native and citizen of Jamaica, 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 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 Greenwood's motion to reopen as untimely where he filed it three years after the BIA's final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and he failed to demonstrate changed country conditions in Jamaica to qualify for an exception to the time limitation for motions to reopen, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 987-990 (evidence must be “qualitatively different” to warrant reopening).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 14-72731
Decided: August 01, 2016
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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