ACHEAMPONG v. SESSIONS III (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Akwasi ACHEAMPONG, a/k/a Charles Boateng, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.

No. 18-1233

Decided: October 15, 2018

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Mariam Masumi Daud, JOHNSON & MASUMI, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, for Petitioner. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Lisa Morinelli, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Akwasi Acheampong, a native and citizen of Ghana, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his motion to reconsider the agency’s previous denial of his motion to reopen sua sponte. We have reviewed the administrative record and Acheampong’s claims and conclude that we lack jurisdiction to review how the agency exercises its sua sponte discretion. See Lawrence v. Lynch, 826 F.3d 198, 206-07 (4th Cir. 2016); Mosere v. Mukasey, 552 F.3d 397, 400-01 (4th Cir. 2009). We accordingly 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.

PETITION DISMISSED

PER CURIAM:

Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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