Albert Edeze Bikim v. MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, United States Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-2190
ALBERT EDEZE BIKIM,
Petitioner,
v.
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, United States Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: July 30, 2008 Decided: September 23, 2008
Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ronald D. Richey, LAW OFFICES OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville,
Maryland, for Petitioner. Gregory Katsas, Assistant Attorney
General, Francis W. Fraser, Senior Litigation Counsel, T. Bo
Stanton, Trial Attorney, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Albert Edeze Bikim, a native and citizen of Cameroon,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) denying his motion to reconsider the denial of
his motion to reopen. We deny the petition for review.
We review the Board’s decision to deny a motion to
reconsider for abuse of discretion. INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314,
323-24 (1992); see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2008). A motion for
reconsideration asserts that the Board made an error in its earlier
decision, Turri v. INS, 997 F.2d 1306, 1311 n.4 (10th Cir. 1993),
and requires the movant to specify the error of fact or law in the
prior Board decision. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1) (2008); Matter of
Cerna, 20 I. & N. Dec. 399, 402 (B.I.A. 1991) (noting that a motion
to reconsider questions a decision for alleged errors in appraising
the facts and the law). The burden is on the movant to establish
that reconsideration is warranted. INS v. Abudu, 485 U.S. 94, 110
(1988). “To be within a mile of being granted, a motion for
reconsideration has to give the tribunal to which it is addressed
a reason for changing its mind.” Ahmed v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 247,
249 (7th Cir. 2004). Motions that simply repeat contentions that
have already been rejected are insufficient to convince the Board
to reconsider a previous decision. Id.
We find the Board did not abuse its discretion. The
Board adequately considered and rejected the arguments Bikim raised

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in his motion to reconsider. Bikim failed to provide evidence
showing that the alleged newly discovered evidence, such as his
political party membership cards, could not have been presented
earlier. We note we do not have jurisdiction to consider the
Board’s denial of Bikim’s motion to reopen because he failed to
file a timely petition for review from that order. See Stone v.
INS, 514 U.S. 386, 394, 405 (1995).
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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