Opinion ID: 2976761
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: December 29, 2006, Decision of the Board

Text: Mr. Xhuti devotes considerable space in his briefs to the Board’s December 29, 2006, decision on the merits of the asylum application and first motion. That decision, however, is not before us. Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 45(a)(3), the clerk of the court dismissed an earlier petition from that decision for want of prosecution. Xhuti v. Gonzales, No. 07-3094, order (6th Cir. May 16, 2007). The Xhutis failed to seek reconsideration of the dismissal. 6th Cir. R. 45(b) (ten days to seek reconsideration). The time limit for judicially challenging the December 29, 2006, decision of the Board has since passed. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1) (thirty days). Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to consider the merits of that decision. Prekaj v. INS, 384 F.3d 265, 267-68 (6th Cir. 2004).