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Parties Involved:
Merrick B. Garland
Respondent
Edwin Antonio Miranda-Mendez
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1097

EDWIN ANTONIO MIRANDA-MENDEZ,

 Petitioner,

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

 Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order for the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Submitted: December 3, 2024 Decided: December 10, 2024

Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and BERNER, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied in part, dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: John E. Gallagher, Catonsville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, John S. Hogan, Assistant Director, Todd J. 

Cochran, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Edwin Antonio Miranda-Mendez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for 

review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying his motion to 

reopen and declining to reopen sua sponte. Upon review, we find no abuse of discretion 

in the denial of Miranda-Mendez’s untimely motion. See Mosere v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 

397, 400 (4th Cir. 2009) (reviewing denial of motion to reopen as untimely for abuse of 

discretion). Further, we lack jurisdiction to review the Board’s refusal to exercise its 

sua sponte authority to reopen. See Lawrence v. Lynch, 826 F.3d 198, 206 (4th Cir. 2016); 

Mosere, 552 F.3d at 400-01. 

We therefore deny in part, and dismiss in part, Miranda-Mendez’s petition for 

review. In re Miranda-Mendez (B.I.A. Dec. 29, 2023). 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 IN PART, DISMISSED IN PART

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