Tamrat v. Mukasey , 258 F. App'x 587 ( 2007 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 07-1125
    ETSGENET TAMRAT; D.F.,
    Petitioners,
    versus
    MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General,
    Respondent.
    On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
    Appeals. (A97-745-429)
    Submitted:   November 28, 2007          Decided:    December 17, 2007
    Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
    Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Alan M. Parra, Law Office of Alan M. Parra, Silver Spring,
    Maryland, for Petitioners. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney
    General, Leslie McKay, Senior Litigation Counsel, Kelly J. Walls,
    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    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
    Etsgenet Tamrat,* a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
    petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
    Appeals (“Board”).      In that order, the Board construed Tamrat’s
    “Motion to Reconsider,” denied by the immigration judge, as a
    motion to reopen and dismissed the appeal on the ground that the
    new   evidence   was   not   “material,   previously   unavailable,”    or
    specific to her claimed fear of persecution.           The Board’s order
    also denied Tamrat’s “Motion to Reopen and Remand” as numerically
    barred under 
    8 C.F.R. § 1003.2
    (c)(2) (2007).
    In her brief on appeal, Tamrat challenges only the
    Board’s denial of her second motion.       We have reviewed the record
    and the Board’s order and find that the Board did not abuse its
    discretion in denying Tamrat’s “Motion to Reopen and Remand.”          See
    
    8 C.F.R. § 1003.2
    (a) (2007); INS v. Doherty, 
    502 U.S. 314
    , 323-24
    (1992) (standard of review of denial of motion to reopen).              We
    therefore deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by
    the Board.     See In re Tamrat, No. A97-745-429 (B.I.A. Jan. 17,
    2007).    We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
    *
    D.F., the son of Tamrat’s common law husband, is listed as a
    rider in the amended petition for review. However, D.F. does not
    meet the definition of a child under 
    8 U.S.C. § 1101
    (b)(1) (West
    2005 & Supp. 2007), and so cannot be a derivative beneficiary of
    Tamrat’s application. 
    8 U.S.C.A. § 1158
    (b)(3)(A) (West 2005); 
    8 C.F.R. § 1208.21
    (a) (2007).      Further, D.F. raised no issues
    concerning his own application with the Board or in this court.
    Therefore, he is entitled to no relief.
    - 2 -
    contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
    court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    PETITION DENIED
    - 3 -
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 07-1125

Citation Numbers: 258 F. App'x 587

Judges: Gregory, Shedd, Duncan

Filed Date: 12/17/2007

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024