UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-1156
HAYSSAM FARES TANNOUS,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: October 18, 2016 Decided: November 3, 2016
Before NIEMEYER and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per
curiam opinion.
Marc Seguinot, SEGUINOT & ASSOCIATES, PC, Fairfax, Virginia, for
Petitioner. Benjamin Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Justin Markel, Senior Litigation Counsel, Robert D.
Tennyson, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Hayssam Fares Tannous, a native and citizen of Lebanon,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal from the immigration
judge’s denial of his motion to reopen as untimely. We have
reviewed the administrative record and the Board’s order and
find no abuse of discretion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1)
(2016). We therefore deny the petition for review in part for
the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Tannous (B.I.A. Jan.
15, 2016).
We lack jurisdiction to review the Board’s refusal to
exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen and therefore
dismiss this portion of the petition for review. See
Lawrence v. Lynch, 826 F.3d 198, 206-07 (4th Cir. 2016);
Mosere v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 397, 400-01 (4th Cir. 2009). We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED IN PART
AND DISMISSED IN PART
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