UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-2252

ALEHUBEL TESHOME,

Petitioner,

versus

JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A72-378-084)

Submitted: October 29, 2003 Decided: December 15, 2003

Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mikre-Michael Ayelle, Arlington, Virginia, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant United Attorney General, Emily Radford, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Mark B. Stern, Alisa B. Klein, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Alehubel Teshome, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions

for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board).

The order denied his motion to reconsider the Board’s dismissal of

his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s order denying his

applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have

reviewed the record and the Board’s order and find that the Board

did not abuse its discretion in denying Teshome’s motion to

reconsider. See

(a) (2003). Accordingly, we deny

the petition for review on the reasoning of the Board. See In re:

Teshome, No. A72-378-084 (BIA Oct. 3, 2002). 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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