UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT __________________ No. 97-60435 Summary Calendar __________________

KHAN AHMED ARIF, Petitioner, versus IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

- - - - - - - - - - - - Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A91 541 399 - - - - - - - - - - - - September 30, 1998 Before DAVIS, DUHE’, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* Khan Amed Arif seeks to appeal the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of his motion to reconsider its October 22, 1996, decision and of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings. Arif asserts that the BIA failed to consider all of the evidence which he presented at the deportation proceedings and that there is new evidence warranting the reopening of the proceedings.

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

No. 97-60435 -2- After reviewing the record before us, we conclude that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying both motions. See Ogbemudia v. I.N.S., 988 F.2d 595, 600 (5th Cir. 1993); Ghassan v. INS, 972 F.2d 631, 638 (5th Cir. 1992). The petition for review is DENIED.