Fasil Desta v. Michael Mukasey

Filing 920080407

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1541

FASIL ATLE DESTA, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A97-204-006)

Submitted:

March 17, 2008

Decided:

April 7, 2008

Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Linda A. Dominguez, L A DOMINGUEZ LAW, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Petitioner. Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michelle Gorden Latour, Assistant Director, Jamie M. Dowd, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Fasil Atle Desta, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") denying his motion to reconsider a prior order of the Board denying a motion to reopen removal proceedings. We have

reviewed the administrative record and find no abuse of discretion in the Board's order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2007) (standard of

review); Jean v. Gonzales, 435 F.3d 475, 481, 482-83 (4th Cir. 2006) (same). We therefore deny the petition for review for the See In re: Desta, No. A97-204-006

reasons stated by the Board. (B.I.A. May 18, 2007). facts and legal before

We dispense with oral argument because the are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the

contentions the court

materials

would

decisional process. PETITION DENIED

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