UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-2159
EKOUA JOHNSON,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A76-461-710)
Submitted: May 18, 2005 Decided: June 1, 2005
Before WILLIAMS and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Linda Hanten, Cecil C. Harrigan, HARRIGAN & HANTEN, P.C.,
Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant
Attorney General, Michelle Gorden, Robert J. Higgins, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Ekoua Johnson, a native of Togo and citizen of the Ivory
Coast, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
(Board) denying her motion to reopen and reconsider, filed pursuant
to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1), (c)(1) (2005); see also 8 U.S.C.
§ 1229a(c)(5), (6) (2000). Johnson’s petition for review is timely
only as to the Board’s order denying reopening and 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, 394-95 (1995) (holding order of removal and denial of
motion to reconsider are separate final orders, each subject to
relevant time limit for seeking review).
We have reviewed the record and the Board’s order and
find that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying the
motion to reopen and reconsider. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2005).
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