Josphine Gitau v. Michael B. Mukasey

*907BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Josphine Gitau, appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) March 30, 2007, order denying her motion to reopen and reconsider her removal proceedings and rescind the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) in absentia removal order. This appeal contains a great deal of “he said, she said” as to why Gitau did not appear at a February 13, 2006, removal hearing. Applying our abuse of discretion standard to the BIA’s denial, we find there was none.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Notice to Appear

Gitau is a citizen of Kenya who entered the United States on or about November 28, 1998, as a…