UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-1276
MOUSSA KOUROUMA,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A97-938-199)
Submitted: November 3, 2006 Decided: November 14, 2006
Before WILLIAMS and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kell Enow, LAW OFFICES OF ENOW & PATCHA, Silver Spring, Maryland,
for Petitioner. Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Allen
F. Loucks, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland,
for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Moussa Kourouma, a native and citizen of Guinea,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board) adopting and affirming the immigration judge’s
denial of his motion to reopen.
A denial of a motion to reopen is reviewed for abuse of
discretion. INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 323-24 (1992). 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. MA v. INSA, 899
F.2d 304, 308 (4th Cir. 1990) (en banc).
The Board ruled that Kourouma did not establish that
exceptional circumstances prevented him from appearing before the
immigration judge for a scheduled proceeding. We have reviewed the
evidence of record and conclude that Kourouma fails to show that
the Board abused its discretion. 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
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