UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-1611
AYABA MANA MESSAN; KODJOVI OROU; SIBI DIDI
LAWSON,
Petitioners,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A96-081-822; A96-081-823; A96-081-824)
Submitted: December 20, 2006 Decided: January 9, 2007
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Oti W. Nwosu, THE LAW OFFICE OF OTI W. NWOSU, Arlington, Virginia,
for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General,
James A. Hunolt, Senior Litigation Counsel, Craig Y. Lee, Office of
Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Ayaba Mana Messan, a native and citizen of Togo,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) denying her motion to reconsider its prior order,
which adopted and affirmed the immigration judge’s denial of her
requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under
the Convention Against Torture. 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 reconsider. See 8 C.F.R. §
1003.2(a) (2006); Jean v. Gonzales, 435 F.3d 475, 491 (4th Cir.
2006). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the
reasons stated by the Board. See In re: Messan, No. A96-081-822
(B.I.A. Apr. 27, 2006). 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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