Richard Asare v. Loretta Lynch

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: A098-360-905 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999974474].. [16-1479]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1479

RICHARD ASARE,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.

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

Submitted:

November 21, 2016

Decided:

November 23, 2016

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gerald Karikari, KARIKARI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., New York, New
York, for Petitioner. Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy
Assistant
Attorney
General,
Cindy
S.
Ferrier,
Assistant
Director, Song E. Park, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Richard Asare, a native and citizen of Ghana, petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board)
denying Asare’s motion to reconsider its decision upholding the
Immigration Judge’s denial of his motion for a continuance.

We

have reviewed the administrative record and Asare’s claims, and
find them to be without merit.
discretion

in

the

denial

of

We accordingly find no abuse of
reconsideration,

see

Narine

v.

Holder, 559 F.3d 246, 249 (4th Cir. 2009), and deny the petition
for review for the reasons stated by the Board.
(B.I.A. Mar. 31, 2016).

See In re Asare

We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials

before

this

court

and

argument

would

not

aid

the

decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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