Case: 20-60606 Document: 00516244827 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/18/2022
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
March 18, 2022
No. 20-60606 Lyle W. Cayce
Summary Calendar Clerk
Karim Jasem Matrut,
Petitioner,
versus
Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,
Respondent.
Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
BIA No. A075 086 084
Before Davis, Jones, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
Karim Jasem Matrut, a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions this court
for review of a decision of the BIA denying his motion to reconsider as
capricious. Motions for reconsideration are disfavored and we review their
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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denial under a highly deferential abuse of discretion standard. Zhao
v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 295, 303 (5th Cir. 2005).
We are not compelled to find that the BIA’s denial was improper. The
BIA considered the arguments advanced and based its conclusion on the
record. See Zhao, at 303-04.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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