Feng Huang v. Michael Mukasey, No. 08-1329 (7th Cir. 2008)
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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted December 4, 2008* Decided December 4, 2008 Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge No. 08 1329 FENG YAN HUANG, Petitioner, v. Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. No. A 77 281 604 MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Respondent. O R D E R Feng Yan Huang, a Chinese citizen, entered the United States in 1999 and applied for asylum, claiming that Chinese family planning officials forced her to undergo an abortion because she had conceived out of wedlock. The immigration judge found Huang s testimony incredible, denied her application, and ordered her removed to China. Huang remained and has since given birth to three children. In June 2007 she filed a motion to reopen her removal proceedings claiming that if she returned to China, the government would forcibly sterilize her for violating its one child policy. The Board of Immigration Appeals denied the motion, citing Chen v. Gonzales, 498 F.3d 758, 759 60 (7th Cir. 2007), in * After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the petition for review is submitted on the briefs and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2). No. 08 1329 Page 2 which we held that having children in the United States after a final order of removal does not qualify as the changed country conditions necessary for the Board to grant an untimely motion to reopen, see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(C)(ii). We lack jurisdiction to review the denial of a petition to reopen removal proceedings unless the petition presents a constitutional issue or a question of law. See Jezierski v. Mukasey, 543 F.3d 886, 887 88 (7th Cir. 2008); Kucana v. Mukasey, 533 F.3d 534, 536 38 (7th Cir. 2008). A legal question arises when the BIA has misinterpreted a statute, regulation, or constitutional provision, misread its own precedent, used the wrong legal standard, or failed to exercise its discretion. Huang v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 618, 620 (7th Cir. 2008). Huang s petition presents no legal question; she argues only that the Board abused its discretion in finding that she had not established changed country conditions sufficient to warrant reopening her case. This raises a question of fact, not law, and is therefore unreviewable by this court. See Sharashidze v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 1177, 1178 (7th Cir. 2008); Pepaj v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 725, 727 28 (6th Cir. 2007). DISMISSED.
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