Case Name: Fidelis Atabong NKONG, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-28
Citations: 74 F. App'x 261
Docket Number: No. 03-1082
Parties: Fidelis Atabong NKONG, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 74
Pages: 261–262

Head Matter:
Fidelis Atabong NKONG, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-1082.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted July 31, 2003.
Decided Aug. 28, 2003.
Danielle L.C. Beach-Oswald, Noto & Oswald, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Lindemann, Assistant Director, Douglas E. Ginsburg, Senior Litigation, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Fidelis Atabong Nkong, a native and citizen of Cameroon, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") affirming, without opinion, the immigration judge's denial of his waiver application pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1186a(c)(4) (2000). This section provides that the Attorney General, in his discretion, may remove the conditional basis placed upon an alien's permanent resident status (and waive the requirement that the alien and his citizen spouse jointly file a petition for removal of the conditional basis) upon a showing that the alien's marriage was entered into in good faith. Because we find that the immigration judge did not abuse his discretion in finding that Nkong did not enter into his marriage in good faith, we deny the petition for review. See Nyonzele v. INS, 83 F.3d 975, 979 (8th Cir.1996); Matter of Laureano, 19 I. & N. Dec. 1, 2-3, 1983 WL 29913 (BIA 1983). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade quately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED.