Wakene v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service , 65 F. App'x 484 ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-1725
CHALTU ASSEFA WAKENE,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE;
JOHN ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General,
Respondents.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A77-892-871)
Submitted: May 22, 2003 Decided: June 4, 2003
Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mikre-Michael Ayele, Arlington, Virginia, for Petitioner. Robert D.
McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Linda S. Wendtland,
Assistant Director, Ann Carroll Varnon, Office of Immigration
Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.,
for Respondents.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Chaltu Assefa Wakene, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”). The order denied her motion to reopen the
Board’s dismissal of her appeal from the immigration judge’s order
denying her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We
have reviewed the administrative record and the Board’s order and
find that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying
Wakene’s motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2003); INS v.
Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 323-24 (1992). Accordingly, we deny the
petition for review on the reasoning of the Board. See In re:
Wakene, No. A77-892-871 (B.I.A. June 4, 2002). 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 DENIED
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