Shuayb Mustapha v. Eric Holder, Jr. , 487 F. App'x 829 ( 2012 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1784
SHUAYB GBOLAHAN MUSTAPHA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: November 6, 2012 Decided: November 14, 2012
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Randall L. Johnson, JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Arlington,
Virginia, for Petitioner. Stuart Delery, Acting Assistant
Attorney General, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., Assistant Director,
Anthony P. Nicastro, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Shuayb Gbolahan Mustapha, a native and citizen of
Nigeria, petitions for review of an order of the Board of
Immigration Appeals denying his motion to reconsider. Because
Mustapha fails to raise any arguments that meaningfully
challenge the propriety of the Board’s denial of his motion in
the argument section of his brief, we find that he has failed to
preserve any issues for review. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(9)(A)
(“[T]he argument . . . must contain . . . appellant’s
contentions and the reasons for them, with citations to the
authorities and parts of the record on which the appellant
relies.”); Edwards v. City of Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 n.6
(4th Cir. 1999) (“Failure to comply with the specific dictates
of [Rule 28] with respect to a particular claim triggers
abandonment of that claim on appeal.”). Accordingly, we deny
the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board.
See In re: Mustapha (B.I.A. May 25, 2012). 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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