Case Name: Sunday Eluemunor IJEH, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-06-16
Citations: 281 F. App'x 640
Docket Number: No. 07-1487
Parties: Sunday Eluemunor IJEH, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
Judges: Before BYE, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 281
Pages: 640–640

Head Matter:
Sunday Eluemunor IJEH, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
No. 07-1487.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: June 13, 2008.
Filed: June 16, 2008.
Before BYE, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
. Michael B. Mukasey, now Attorney General of the United States, is substituted as respondent pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Sunday Eluemunor Ijeh, a citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of an Immigration Judge's (IJ's) denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings to seek adjustment of status, and denying reconsideration of the IJ's order.
We conclude that the BIA acted within its discretion in dismissing Ijeh's appeal and denying reconsideration. See Kanyi v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1087, 1089 (8th Cir.2005) (standard of review of denial of motion to reopen); Esenwah v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 763, 765 (8th Cir.2004) (motion for reconsideration). Ijeh did not establish prima facie eligibility for adjustment of status, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(3); Alizoti v. Gonzales, 477 F.3d 448, 451-53 (6th Cir.2007), and any alleged ineffective assistance of counsel he may have received in connection with his adjustment-of-status application did not provide a ground upon which to grant reopening, see Guerra-Soto v. Ashcroft, 397 F.3d 637, 640-41 (8th Cir.2005).
Accordingly, we deny the petition.