UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-2038
TIMBU PHILIP ANJA,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A95-264-607)
Submitted: February 16, 2005 Decided: March 11, 2005
Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, 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Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.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, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Timbu Philip Anja, a native and citizen of Cameroon,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board). The order denied his motion to reopen and
reconsider the Board’s dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration
Judge’s (IJ) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding
of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture
(CAT).
Anja contends that he established eligibility for asylum.
As the IJ and Board concluded that the asylum application was
untimely, we find that consideration of Anja’s asylum claim is
barred. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3) (2000). Additionally, we have
reviewed the evidence of record and find no abuse of discretion in
the denial of the motion to reopen and reconsider with respect to
the relief of withholding of removal. See Stewart v. INS, 181 F.3d
587, 595 (4th Cir. 1999); Chen v. INS, 195 F.3d 198, 205 (4th Cir.
1999); INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 430 (1987). Finally,
we find that Anja’s CAT claim, which was entirely undeveloped in
his brief before this court, has been abandoned. See Edwards v.
City of Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 n.6 (4th Cir. 1999).
Accordingly, 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