Cetinkaya v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner Coskun Cetinkaya, a Turkish national, appeals from two final Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) orders: (1) an August 30, 2002 order affirming the immigration judge’s denial of Cetinkaya’s application for asylum and withholding of removal, and (2) a February 18, 2004 order denying Cetinkaya’s motion to reopen the BIA’s August 30, 2002 order.1 We deny Cetinkaya’s petition in its entirety.

I. August 30, 2002 Order of Removal

The time limit of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)— that a petition for review must be filed within 30 days after the final order of removal — is mandatory and…