Assegid Assefa Nadew v. Bernal, Assistant Director, Jennifer Paisner, Office of Immigration Litigation,…

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1215
ASSEGID ASSEFA NADEW,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A75-374-330)
Submitted: September 30, 2003 Decided: October 7, 2003
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mikre-Michael Ayele, Arlington, Virginia, for Petitioner. Peter D.
Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David V. Bernal, Assistant
Director, Jennifer Paisner, Office of Immigration Litigation,
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for
Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Assegid Assefa Nadew, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”). The order, entered on January 23, 2003, denied
Nadew’s motion to reconsider the Board’s June 24, 2002 order,
affirming without opinion, the immigration judge’s order denying
his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. Because
Nadew did not raise the denial of the motion for reconsideration in
his brief, we deem this issue abandoned. See Edwards v. City of
Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 (4th Cir. 1999). 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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