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## NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

NO. 05-4151

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## DORRELL R. COULTHRUST,

Petitioner

v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Respondent

_____________________ Petition for Review of an Order of the

United States Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA No. A35-217-605)

________________________ Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) February 23, 2006 Before: ROTH, RENDELL and AMBRO, Circuit Judges

. (Filed: April 26, 2006)

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM Dorrell Coulthrust petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) denying his motion to reopen his immigration proceedings. For1 

## There are exceptions to this deadline which are not applicable here. See8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3). 2 the reasons that follow, we will deny the petition. In April 2003, an immigration judge (IJ) ordered Coulthrust deported to Barbados. On December 15, 2003, the BIA affirmed the IJ’s order. On July 28, 2004, this Court dismissed Coulthrust’s petition for review of the BIA’s order, and on October 13, 2004, we denied Coulthrust’s petition for rehearing. On July 11, 2005, Coulthrust filed a motion to reopen the immigration proceedings with the BIA. The BIA denied the motion as untimely, and Coulthrust subsequently filed a timely petition for review. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion with “broad deference” to its decision. Ezeagwuna v. Ashcroft , 325 F.3d 396, 409 (3d Cir. 2003). Under this standard, we will reverse the BIA’s decision only if it is “arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law.” Sevoian v. Ashcroft , 290 F.3d 166, 174 (3d Cir. 2002). A motion to reopen must be filed no more than ninety days after the final administrative decision was rendered. See 8 C.F.R § 1003.2(c)(2). 1 

## Here, Coulthrust concedes that the motion to reopen was filed more than a year past the time allowed for such motions. Coulthrust argued in his motion to reopen that he has requested records through Freedom of Information Act requests but the Department of Homeland Security has not yet provided those records. However, Coulthrust does not describe these records or explain how they would prove that he is a United States national

## or undermine the BIA’s conclusion that he is an aggravated felon subject to deportation. We find no basis to conclude that the BIA abused its discretion in denying Coulthrust’s motion to reopen. Accordingly, we will deny the petition for review.