Beauvais Bellevue v. MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-1617
BEAUVAIS BELLEVUE,
Petitioner,
v.
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: December 31, 2008 Decided: January 27, 2009
Before MICHAEL, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Arnedo S. Valera, LAW OFFICES OF VALERA & ASSOCIATES, Fairfax,
Virginia, for Petitioner. Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney
General, William C. Peachey, Assistant Director, Mona Maria
Yousif, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.,
for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Beauvais Bellevue, a native and citizen of Haiti,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) affirming the immigration judge’s order
denying sua sponte reopening of his removal proceedings and
declining to exercise its discretion to do the same. We lack
jurisdiction to review the Board’s discretionary authority to
sua sponte reopen proceedings. See Lenis v. U.S. Att’y Gen.,
525 F.3d 1291, 1292-93 (11th Cir. 2008) (collecting cases);
Tamenut v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 1000, 1004 (8th Cir. 2008) (same).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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