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Parties Involved:
Metslal Mesgun
Petitioner
Michael B. Mukasey
Respondent

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-2136

METSLAL MESGUN,

Petitioner,

v.

MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States,

Respondent.

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

Appeals. 

Submitted: March 26, 2008 Decided: August 8, 2008

Before TRAXLER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Metslal Mesgun, Petitioner Pro Se. Daniel Eric Goldman, Senior

Litigation Counsel, Kristin Kay Edison, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Metslal Mesgun, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,

petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration

Appeals (“Board”) denying as untimely her motion to reopen removal

proceedings. We have reviewed the administrative record and find

no abuse of discretion in the Board’s order. See 8 C.F.R.

§ 1003.2(a) (2007) (“The decision to grant or deny a motion to

reopen . . . is within the discretion of the Board . . . .”);

Barry v. Gonzales, 445 F.3d 741, 744 (4th Cir. 2006) (stating abuse

of discretion standard), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 1147 (2007). We

therefore deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by

the Board. See In re: Mesgun (B.I.A. Nov. 6, 2007). 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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