Case Name: Stephanie Manne TSHIBONGE, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-01
Citations: 81 F. App'x 785
Docket Number: No. 03-1293
Parties: Stephanie Manne TSHIBONGE, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 81
Pages: 785–786

Head Matter:
Stephanie Manne TSHIBONGE, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
No. 03-1293.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 22, 2003.
Decided Dec. 1, 2003.
Ana T. Jacobs, Ana T. Jacobs & Associates, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., Senior Litigation Counsel, Jason S. Patil, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed in part and denied in part by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Stephanie Manne Tshibonge, a native and citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board). The order denied her motion to reopen and reconsider the Board's dismissal of her appeal from the Immigration Judge's (IJ) order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and for relief under the Convention Against Torture.
Tshibonge first raises several challenges to the summary affirmance procedure employed by the Board in its initial decision, dated November 18, 2002, affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge without opinion pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(a)(7) (2003). As Tshibonge did not file a timely petition for review of that decision, we are without jurisdiction to consider her claims. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1) (2000); Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386, 394, 405, 115 S.Ct. 1537, 131 L.Ed.2d 465 (1995).
Tshibonge next disputes the Board's decision denying relief on her motion to reconsider. We have reviewed the record and the Board's order of February 11, 2003, and find that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2003). To the extent that Tshibonge seeks to challenge the IJ's determination that her asylum application is untimely and she failed to establish extraordinary circumstances excusing the late filing, we find we are without jurisdiction to consider such a claim. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3) (2000).
Accordingly, we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review. 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.
DISMISSED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART