Omba Onema v. Eric Holder, Jr., No. 12-2097 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-2097 OMBA ARSENE ONEMA, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: March 26, 2013 Decided: April 2, 2013 Before DAVIS, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Sam H. Hasan, HASAN LAW GROUP, Falls Church, Virginia, for Petitioner. Stuart F. Delery, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, Gerald M. Alexander, 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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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: Omba Arsene Onema, a native and citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ), petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ( Board ) denying his motion to reopen immigration proceedings. We have reviewed the record and the Board s order and find no abuse of discretion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a), (c) (2012). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review substantially * for the reasons stated by the Board. dispense with contentions are oral In re: Onema (B.I.A. Aug. 9, 2012). argument adequately because presented in the the facts We and legal materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. PETITION DENIED * Although the Board erroneously relied on our decision in Afanwi v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 788 (4th Cir. 2008), vacated, 130 S. Ct. 350 (2009), we nonetheless find no abuse of discretion in its alternate finding that Onema was not entitled to equitable tolling on the ground that he failed to demonstrate that he acted with due diligence. 2

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