UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1167
SAMSON HAILU,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (A77-894-880)
Submitted: November 19, 2003 Decided: January 13, 2004
Before WILLIAMS, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Rev. Uduak J. Ubom, UBOM, WHITE & ROBERTS, Washington, D.C., for
Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General,
Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., Senior Attorney, Colette J. Winston, OFFICE
OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Samson Hailu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions
for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
(Board) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision without
opinion and denying relief from removal.
Hailu challenges the IJ’s finding that his asylum
application was untimely. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B), (D)
(2000); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4) (2003). We conclude that we lack
jurisdiction to review this claim pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3)
(2000). Hailu next disputes the IJ’s finding that Hailu failed to
qualify for the relief of cancellation of removal because he did
not establish that his removal would result in exceptional and
extremely unusual hardship to his mother, who is a lawful permanent
resident of the United States. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D)
(2000). Again, we find that we are without jurisdiction to review
this discretionary decision. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i)
(2000).
We accordingly dismiss the petition for review. 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.
DISMISSED