Sekouba Faty v. Jefferson Sessions III ( 2018 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-1212
SEKOUBA FATY,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: October 31, 2018 Decided: November 6, 2018
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ronald D. Richey, LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville, Maryland, for
Petitioner. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Terri J. Scadron,
Assistant Director, Corey L. Farrell, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Sekouba Faty, a native and citizen of Mali, petitions for review of an order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying as untimely his motion to reopen. We
have reviewed the administrative record and the Board’s order and find no abuse of
discretion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a), (c)(2) (2018). We therefore deny the petition for
review in part for the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Faty (B.I.A. Jan. 29, 2018).
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) (collecting cases). 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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