UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-1357
METASEBYA KASSA MEKONEN,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A77-894-838)
Submitted: January 19, 2007 Decided: February 12, 2007
Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Fitsum A. Alemu, Arlington, Virginia, for Petitioner. Peter D.
Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright,
Assistant Director, Daniel E. Goldman, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Metasebya Kassa Mekonen, a native and citizen of
Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of
Immigration Appeals (Board) denying her motion to reopen. 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 on the
ground that it was untimely filed. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(2)
(2006) (establishing a ninety-day time limitation for filing a
motion to reopen); INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 323-24 (1992)
(setting forth standard of review).*
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
*
We find that Mekonen has failed to demonstrate sufficient
grounds to invoke the doctrine of equitable tolling. See Harris v.
Hutchinson, 209 F.3d 325, 330 (4th Cir. 2000).
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