UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1010
ABEBE RUMICHO BUYO,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A75-367-417)
Submitted: July 8, 2003 Decided: August 5, 2003
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Allan Ebert, LAW OFFICES OF ALLAN EBERT, Washington, D.C., for
Petitioner. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Division, Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, John C.
Cunningham, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Abebe Rumicho Buyo, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, seeks
review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”)
denying his motion to reopen. We review the denial of a motion to
reopen for abuse of discretion. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2003); INS
v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 323-24 (1992); Stewart v. INS, 181 F.3d
587, 595 (4th Cir. 1999). A denial of a motion to reopen must be
reviewed with extreme deference, since immigration statutes do not
contemplate reopening and the applicable regulations disfavor
motions to reopen. M.A. v. INS, 899 F.2d 304, 308 (4th Cir. 1990)
(en banc). We have reviewed the administrative record and the
Board’s order and find no abuse of discretion.
We accordingly deny the petition for review. We dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal arguments are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would not
aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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