UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-1560
FATU SAMB,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A-72-190-539)
Submitted: November 23, 1999 Decided: January 5, 2000
Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Randall L. Johnson, JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, Arlington, Virginia, for
Petitioner. David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Kristen A. Giuffreda, Senior Litigation Counsel, Margaret J. Perry,
Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Fatu Samb, a native and citizen of Guinea, seeks review of a
final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying
Samb’s claims for suspension of deportation and voluntary depar-
ture, and ordering her deported. We find that substantial evidence
supports the Board’s decision that Samb is statutorily precluded
from demonstrating the good moral character necessary to sustain an
application for suspension of deportation. See 8 U.S.C.A. § 1101(f)
(West 1999). Furthermore, we lack jurisdiction to review the
Board’s discretionary decision to deny voluntary departure. See
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996, § 309(c)(4)(E). Therefore, we deny Samb’s petition for re-
view. We grant the Respondent’s motion to file a sur-reply brief
and have considered the arguments therein.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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