UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-2023
AGBEGNIGAN AMOUZOU,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A78-603-311)
Submitted: January 10, 2005 Decided: January 24, 2005
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Theodore Nkwenti, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Peter
D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright,
Assistant Director, Larry P. Cote, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Agbegnigan Amouzou, a native and citizen of Togo, seeks
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”)
denying his motion to reconsider. Amouzou’s petition for review is
timely only as to the Board’s order denying reconsideration. 8
U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1) (2000) (petition for review must be filed
within thirty days of final order of removal); see Stone v. INS,
514 U.S. 386 (1995) (holding order of removal and denial of motion
to reconsider are separate final orders, each subject to relevant
time limit for review).
We have reviewed the record and the Board’s order and
find the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion
for reconsideration. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2004). Therefore,
we deny 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.
PETITION DENIED
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