Case Name: Amelia Sibug MACASPAC, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-10-29
Citations: 48 F. App'x 911
Docket Number: No. 02-1699
Parties: Amelia Sibug MACASPAC, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 48
Pages: 911–912

Head Matter:
Amelia Sibug MACASPAC, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Respondents.
No. 02-1699.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 15, 2002.
Decided Oct. 29, 2002.
Amelia Sibug Macaspac, Petitioner Pro Se. George W. Maugans, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Baltimore, Maryland; Allen Warren Hausman, Assistant Director, Emily Anne Radford, Blair Timothy O’Connor, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.
Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Amelia Sibug Macaspac, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) affirming the Immigration Judge's decision to deny her motion to reopen removal proceedings. Macaspac first contends that counsel was ineffective in failing to file an updated asylum application on her behalf by the deadline established by the Immigration Court. Because Macaspac failed to ex haust administrative remedies by raising this claim before the Board, we find that we are without jurisdiction to consider it in the context of this appeal. See Stewart v. U.S. INS, 181 F.3d 587, 596 (4th Cir. 1999); Bernal-Vallejo v. INS, 195 F.3d 56, 64 (1st Cir.1999); Farrokhi v. U.S. INS, 900 F.2d 697, 700 (4th Cir.1990).
Macaspac next asserts that the Board, in affirming the IJ, abused its discretion in declining to grant the motion to reopen due to Macaspac's failure to demonstrate prima facie eligibility for asylum. We have reviewed the administrative record and conclude that this finding does not amount to an abuse of discretion. M.A. v. U.S. INS, 899 F.2d 304, 308 (4th Cir.1990) (en banc); see 8 C.F.R. § 3.2(a) (2002).
We accordingly affirm the Board's order. 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.
AFFIRMED.