O'Brien v. Gonzales , 216 F. App'x 301 ( 2007 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 06-1448
    MI CHOONG O’BRIEN,
    Petitioner,
    versus
    ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
    Respondent.
    On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
    Appeals. (A39-763-877)
    Submitted:   January 22, 2007             Decided:   February 9, 2007
    Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit
    Judge.
    Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Jim Tom Haynes, JIM TOM HAYNES, P.C., Washington, D.C., for
    Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Donald
    E. Keener, Bryan S. Beier, 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    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
    Mi   Choong    O’Brien,    a    native    and    citizen    of    Korea,
    petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
    Appeals (“Board”) denying her motion to reopen her immigration
    proceedings as a matter of discretion.
    Based on our review of the record, we find that we lack
    jurisdiction to review O’Brien’s claim that the Board should have
    exercised     its   sua     sponte     power    to    reopen    her     deportation
    proceedings.      See Harchenko v. INS, 
    379 F.3d 405
    , 410-11 (6th Cir.
    2004); Enriquez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 
    371 F.3d 246
    , 249-50 (5th
    Cir. 2004); Belay-Gebru v. INS, 
    327 F.3d 998
    , 1000-01 (10th Cir.
    2003); Calle-Vujiles v. Ashcroft, 
    320 F.3d 472
    , 474-75 (3d Cir.
    2003); Ekimian v. INS, 
    303 F.3d 1153
    , 1159 (9th Cir. 2002); Luis v.
    INS,   
    196 F.3d 36
    ,    40-41     (1st    Cir.    1999).     Because       we   lack
    jurisdiction      over     the   petition,      we   decline    to    address       the
    additional    ground      identified    in     the   Board’s    decision      denying
    O’Brien’s motion to reopen.
    Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for review.                        We
    dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
    are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
    argument would not aid the decisional process.
    PETITION DISMISSED
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