Case Name: Woldemichael Bekele TESSEMA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-10-15
Citations: 110 F. App'x 358
Docket Number: No. 04-1316
Parties: Woldemichael Bekele TESSEMA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 110
Pages: 358–359

Head Matter:
Woldemichael Bekele TESSEMA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-1316.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 4, 2004.
Decided Oct. 15, 2004.
Oti W. Nwosu, Arthur D. Wright, III, the Wright Law Network, Washington, DC, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Papú Sandhu, Senior Litigation Counsel, Joanne E. Johnson, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Woldemichael Bekele Tessema, a native and citizen of Ethiopia of Eritrean descent, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") denying his motion to reopen. We have reviewed the record and deny the petition for review.
Our review of the denial of a motion to reopen is extremely deferential, and the decision will not be reversed absent abuse of discretion. Stewart v. INS, 181 F.3d 587, 595 (4th Cir.1999). Such motions are disfavored. INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 323, 112 S.Ct. 719, 116 L.Ed.2d 823 (1992).
We find the Board did not abuse its discretion in finding the motion to reopen was untimely and failed to establish changed circumstances. 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