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Parties Involved:
Richard Asare
Petitioner
Loretta E. Lynch
Respondent

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED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Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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. We accordingly find no abuse of 

discretion in the denial 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. See In re Asare

(B.I.A. Mar. 31, 2016). 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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