ROSA VERDUZCO-WENCE V. ERIC HOLDER, JR., No. 11-73770 (9th Cir. 2013)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 10 2013 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ROSA EDUVIGES VERDUZCOWENCE, No. 11-73770 Agency No. A079-521-090 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM* v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted November 19, 2013** Before: CANBY, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. Rosa Eduviges Verduzco-Wence, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals ( BIA ) order denying her motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 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 Verduzco-Wence s motion to reopen as untimely because it was filed nearly nine years after the BIA s final decision, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2), and Verduzco-Wence failed to demonstrate changed circumstances in Mexico to qualify for the regulatory exception to the time limitation, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii); Najmabadi, 597 F.3d at 988-89 (evidence submitted with motion to reopen must show conditions are qualitatively different than at time of hearing); see also Almaraz v. Holder, 608 F.3d 638, 640 (9th Cir. 2010) (change in personal circumstances is insufficient to excuse an untimely motion to reopen). In light of this conclusion, we do not reach VerduzcoWence s remaining contentions. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 11-73770

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