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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1551 MELISSA AYODELE OLYMPIO, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: February 25, 2009 Decided: March 16, 2009 Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Laura L. Lichter, LICHTER & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner.
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1551 MELISSA AYODELE OLYMPIO, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: February 25, 2009 Decided: March 16, 2009 Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Laura L. Lichter, LICHTER & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner. ..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-1551
MELISSA AYODELE OLYMPIO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: February 25, 2009 Decided: March 16, 2009
Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Laura L. Lichter, LICHTER & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Denver, Colorado,
for Petitioner. Michael F. Hertz, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Lauren E. Fascett,
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Melissa Ayodele Olympio, a native and citizen of Togo,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals denying her motion to reopen. We review the denial of a
motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a)
(2008); INS v. Doherty,
502 U.S. 314, 323-24 (1992); Barry v.
Gonzales,
445 F.3d 741, 744 (4th Cir. 2006). This court will
reverse the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen only if the
denial is “arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law.” Barry,
445 F.3d at 745.
Based on our review of the record, we find that the
Board did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to
reopen. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review
substantially on the reasoning of the Board. See In re: Olympio
(B.I.A. Apr. 8, 2008). We note that Olympio’s ineffective
assistance of counsel claims are foreclosed by our recent
decision in Afanwi v. Mukasey,
526 F.3d 788, 796-99 (4th Cir.
2008) (holding that there is no constitutional right under the
Fifth Amendment to effective assistance of counsel in removal
proceedings). 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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