[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JANUARY 13, 2006
Nos. 04-12386 & 04-16635
THOMAS K. KAHN
CLERK
BIA No. A79-475-804
MEGAWATI TJOKRO,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
Petitions for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
(January 13, 2006)
Before DUBINA and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG*, Judge.
PER CURIAM:
______________________
*Honorable Richard W. Goldberg, Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by
designation.
Petitioner Megawati Tjokro (“Tjokro”) petitions for review of orders by the
Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her two motions to reopen
removal proceedings.
This court reviews the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of
discretion. See Daikon v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 399 F.3d 1269, 1272 n.2 (11th Cir.
2005).
Although Tjokro makes a substantial equitable argument that we should toll
the voluntary departure period, to do so would require us to write something into
the statute that Congress did not choose to include. Moreover, we note that Tjokro
did not file either a motion to stay her voluntary departure period or seek an
extension of time for the departure period. Accordingly, we conclude from the
record that the equities do not tip in her favor.
Because the remaining claims Tjokro presents in these petitions are also
without merit, we deny the petitions for review.
PETITIONS DENIED.
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