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Parties Involved:
Sunday Eluemunor Ijeh
Petitioner
Michael B. Mukasey
Respondent

Document Text:

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Michael B. Mukasey, now Attorney General of the United States, is substituted

as respondent pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c).

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1487

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Sunday Eluemunor Ijeh, *

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Petitioner, *

* Petition for Review of

v. * an Order of the Board

* of Immigration Appeals.

Michael B. Mukasey,1 *

Attorney General of the United States, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Respondent. *

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Submitted: June 13, 2008

Filed: June 16, 2008

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Before BYE, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Sunday Eluemunor Ijeh, a citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of an order

of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of an Immigration

Judge’s (IJ’s) denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings to seek

adjustment of status, and denying reconsideration of the IJ’s order. 

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We conclude that the BIA acted within its discretion in dismissing Ijeh’s appeal

and denying reconsideration. See Kanyi v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1087, 1089 (8th Cir.

2005) (standard of review of denial of motion to reopen); Esenwah v. Ashcroft, 378

F.3d 763, 765 (8th Cir. 2004) (motion for reconsideration). Ijeh did not establish

prima facie eligibility for adjustment of status, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(3); Alizoti

v. Gonzales, 477 F.3d 448, 451-53 (6th Cir. 2007), and any alleged ineffective

assistance of counsel he may have received in connection with his adjustment-ofstatus application did not provide a ground upon which to grant reopening, see

Guerra-Soto v. Ashcroft, 397 F.3d 637, 640-41 (8th Cir. 2005).

Accordingly, we deny the petition.

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