Romulo Hernandez Argueta v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-1407
ROMULO HERNANDEZ ARGUETA,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: August 23, 2018 Decided: August 27, 2018
Before DUNCAN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Romulo Hernandez Argueta, Petitioner Pro Se. Jonathan Kevin Ross, Office of
Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington,
D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Romulo Hernandez Argueta, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from the
immigration judge’s denial of his applications for withholding of removal and protection
under the Convention Against Torture. We dismiss the petition for review for lack of
jurisdiction because it was untimely filed.
“The petition for review must be filed not later than 30 days after the date of the
final order of removal.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1) (2012). This time period is “jurisdictional
in nature and must be construed with strict fidelity to [its] terms.” Stone v. INS, 514 U.S.
386, 405 (1995). It is “not subject to equitable tolling.” Id.
The Board’s decision was issued on March 1, 2018. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252(b)(1), Hernandez Argueta had thirty days, or until Monday, April 2, 2018, to
timely file the petition for review. See Fed. R. App. P. 26(a)(1)(C). Hernandez
Argueta’s petition for review, which was filed at the earliest on April 9, 2018, is clearly
untimely. Accordingly, we 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
PETITION DISMISSED

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