Edgar Mota-Braga v. William Barr
Edgar Mota-Braga v. William Barr
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-2030
EDGAR MOTA-BRAGA,
Petitioner,
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: December 17, 2020 Decided: December 21, 2020
Before THACKER, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.
Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Edgar Mota-Braga, Petitioner Pro Se. Sabatino Fioravante Leo, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Edgar Mota-Braga, a native and citizen of Brazil, petitions for review of an order of
the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying his motion to reopen. The Attorney
General moves to dismiss the petition for review for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that
the petition was untimely filed. The Board’s decision was issued on August 11, 2020.
Mota-Braga had 30 days from this date, or until September 10, 2020, to timely file a
petition for review in this Court. See
8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1). This time period is
“jurisdictional in nature and must be construed with strict fidelity to [its] terms.” Stone v.
INS,
514 U.S. 386, 405(1995). It is “not subject to equitable tolling.”
Id.The petition for review, dated September 1, 2020, and mailed on September 14,
2020, was filed on September 17, 2020, after the expiration of the deadline. We
accordingly grant the Attorney General’s motion to dismiss the petition for review for lack
of jurisdiction. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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