Case Name: Sandra Milena GARZON, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-08-19
Citations: 141 F. App'x 892
Docket Number: No. 04-16336; Agency No. A79-349-805
Parties: Sandra Milena GARZON, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 141
Pages: 892–894

Head Matter:
Sandra Milena GARZON, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
No. 04-16336
Non-Argument Calendar.
Agency No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Aug. 19, 2005.
Troy Nader Moslemi, Law Office of Troy N. Moslemi, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.
Sally M. Richardson, Anne R. Schultz, Laura Thomas Rivero, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, David V. Bernal, Andrew C. MacLaehlan, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before ANDERSON, DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Sandra Milena Garzón, a citizen of Colombia, petitions through counsel for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her motion to reconsider its earlier decision. In its previous order, the BIA had affirmed the immigration judge's denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Naturalization Act and for relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT).
We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reconsider for abuse of discretion. Assa'ad v. U.S. Attorney Gen., 332 F.3d 1321, 1341 (11th Cir.2003); see also 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) ("The decision to grant or deny a motion to reconsider is within the discretion of the [BIA].... "). A motion to reconsider must set forth either an error of law or an error of fact in the prior BIA decision, and must be supported by pertinent authority. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1). Garzon's motion to reconsider failed to set forth any error in the BIA's previous order. Instead, it simply restated her argument that her mother had been granted asylum based on the same facts she alleged, an argument that both the BIA and the IJ had previously considered and rejected. Therefore, the BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying Garzon's motion to reconsider.
In her brief, Garzón also challenges the BIA's first order, in which it affirmed the denial of her claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under CAT.
We do not consider this challenge because it is not properly before us. Garzón did not file a timely petition for review of the BIA's final order of removal or its rejection of her additional evidence. A petition for review must be filed no later than thirty days after the date of the final order of removal. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1). Here, the BIA's first order was entered on August 31, 2004, and Garzon's petition for review was not filed until December 6, 2004, more than three months later. It makes no difference that Garzón filed a motion for reconsideration. That does not toll the time for seeking judicial review of the final order of removal. Ahmed v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 247, 248 (7th Cir.2004); see also Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386, 115 S.Ct. 1537, 131 L.Ed.2d 465 (1995).
PETITION DENIED.