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2005 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit

12-6-2005

Abdel-Whab v. Atty Gen USA
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 05-4139

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CPS-40                                                      NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

                                    NO. 05-4139
                                 ________________

                           USAMA SADIK ABDEL-WHAB,

                                           Petitioner

                                           v.

                  ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                    ____________________________________

                        On Petition for Review of an Order
                        of the Board of Immigration Appeals
                              Agency No. A79 120 260
                                 on August 9, 2005
                   _______________________________________

 Submitted For Possible Summary Action Under Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6
                                November 10, 2005

             Before: BARRY, SMITH AND NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

                             (Filed : December 6, 2005)

                                      OPINION

PER CURIAM

      Usama Sadik Abdel-Whab 1 petitions for review of a decision of the Board of

  1
     Certain documents show petitioner’s name as “Abdel-Wahab,” but we will adopt the
spelling found in the caption of this case.
Immigration Appeals, denying his fourth motion to reopen his removal proceedings. We

will deny the petition.

       We review the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion with

“broad deference” to its decision. Ezeagwuna v. Ashcroft, 325 F.3d 396, 409 (3d Cir.

2003).2 Abdel-Whab’s petition argues that the Board should have reopened his

proceedings to allow him to apply for relief under the Convention Against Torture, and

due to new evidence regarding his wife’s health. However, his petition then goes on to

argue only that the conviction on which his removal order was based is invalid.3

       Under the regulations, the Board “has discretion to deny a motion to reopen even if

the party moving has made out a prima facie case for relief.” 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). As

Abdel-Whab’s motion was numerically barred by the regulations, the Board did not abuse

its discretion in denying the motion. We will therefore deny the petition.

   2
     This court’s review does not extend to any of the BIA’s orders entered before August
9, 2005, because the petition for review was only timely as to that order. See Stone v.
INS, 514 U.S. 386, 405 (1995); Nocon v. INS, 789 F.2d 1028, 1033-34 (3d Cir. 1986).
   3
     The motion to reopen Abdel-Whab submitted to the Board does argue that he was
“tortured before in Egypt in 1998 & 1999.” Any claim based on torture in 1998 and 1999
clearly could have been raised in his original removal proceedings. His motion also
argued that the Egyptian government is now questioning relatives in Egypt about his
detention in the United States, which causes him to fear for his life. Assuming that the
Egyptian government is asking questions about him, that information is not sufficient to
show that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if returned to Egypt. See 8
C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2); Zubeda v. Ashcroft, 333 F.3d 463, 471 (3d Cir. 2003).

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