Tucker v. Gonzales ( 2005 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1296
HAWA DIALLO TUCKER,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A95-886-686)
Submitted: September 14, 2005 Decided: October 17, 2005
Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Socheat Chea, SOCHEAT CHEA, P.C., Duluth, Georgia, for Petitioner.
Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, M. Jocelyn Lopez
Wright, Assistant Director, Kristin K. Edison, OFFICE OF
IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Hawa Diallo Tucker, a native and citizen of Guinea,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) denying her motion to reopen immigration
proceedings. We have reviewed the record and the Board’s order and
find that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying
Tucker’s motion on the alternate ground that she failed to present
clear and convincing evidence indicating a strong likelihood that
her marriage is bona fide as required by Matter of Velarde-Pacheco,
23 I. & N. Dec. 253 (B.I.A. 2002). Accordingly, we deny 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 DENIED
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