Michael Weldetensaye v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: A098 395 394 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998586268].. [10-2042]

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Date Filed: 05/10/2011

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-2042

MICHAEL ZEFERU WELDETENSAYE,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.

Submitted:

May 4, 2011

Decided:

May 10, 2011

Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

David Allen Garfield, GARFIELD LAW GROUP LLP, Washington, D.C.,
for Petitioner. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer
Levings, Senior Litigation Counsel, Kristen Giuffreda Chapman,
Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Michael Zeferu Weldetensaye, a native and citizen of
Ethiopia,

petitions

for

review

of

an

order

of

the

Board

of

Immigration Appeals (“Board”) denying his motion to reconsider.
We have reviewed the administrative record and the Board’s order
and find that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying
the motion.

See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2010); Narine v. Holder,

559 F.3d 246, 249 (4th Cir. 2009) (setting forth standard of
review).

We therefore deny the petition for review for the

reasons stated by the Board.
Aug. 16, 2010).
facts

and

materials

legal
before

See In re: Weldetensaye (B.I.A.

We dispense with oral argument because the
contentions

are

adequately

the

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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