Iana Rata v. Loretta Lynch

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: A205-105-221,A205-105-222 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000008938].. [16-1292]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1292

IANA RATA; ARA ARARAT TIRATSVYAN,
Petitioners,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.

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

Submitted:

December 16, 2016

Decided:

January 24, 2017

Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald D. Richey, LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY,
Maryland,
for
Petitioners.
Benjamin
C.
Mizer,
Assistant Attorney General, Nancy Friedman, Senior
Counsel,
Margaret
A.
O’Donnell,
Office
of
Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
D.C., for Respondent.

Rockville,
Principal
Litigation
Immigration
Washington,

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Iana

Rata,

a

native

and

citizen

of

Moldova,

and

her

husband, derivative beneficiary Ara A. Tiratsvyan, petition for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board)
denying

Rata’s

barred.

motion

to

reopen

as

untimely

and

numerically

We have reviewed the administrative record and Rata’s

claims, and conclude that the Board did not abuse its discretion
in

denying

Mosere v.

her

motion.

Mukasey,

552

See
F.3d

8

397,

C.F.R.
400

§ 1003.2(a)

(4th

Cir.

(2016);

2009).

We

accordingly deny the petition for review for the reasons stated
by the Board.
dispense

with

contentions

are

See In re Rata (B.I.A. Feb. 22, 2016).
oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

We

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED

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