Megawati Tjokro v. U.S. Attorney General

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Megawati Tjokro v. U.S. Attorney General

Opinion

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

FILED

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

JANUARY 13, 2006

Nos. 04-12386 & 04-16635

THOMAS K. KAHN

CLERK

BIA No. A79-475-804 MEGAWATI TJOKRO,

Petitioner,

versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,

Respondent.

Petitions for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

(January 13, 2006) Before DUBINA and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG*, Judge. PER CURIAM: ______________________ *Honorable Richard W. Goldberg, Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.

Petitioner Megawati Tjokro (“Tjokro”) petitions for review of orders by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her two motions to reopen removal proceedings.

This court reviews the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion. See Daikon v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 399 F.3d 1269, 1272 n.2 (11th Cir. 2005).

Although Tjokro makes a substantial equitable argument that we should toll the voluntary departure period, to do so would require us to write something into the statute that Congress did not choose to include. Moreover, we note that Tjokro did not file either a motion to stay her voluntary departure period or seek an extension of time for the departure period. Accordingly, we conclude from the record that the equities do not tip in her favor.

Because the remaining claims Tjokro presents in these petitions are also without merit, we deny the petitions for review.

PETITIONS DENIED.

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