omitted). A case becomes moot when the appellate court can fashion no meaningful relief. Church of Scientology v. United States, 506 U.S. 9, 12, 113 S.Ct. 447,121 L.Ed.2d 313 (1992); Jones v. Temmer, 57 F.3d 921, 922 (10th Cir.1995) (appeal becomes moot when the issue upon which the case is based ceases to exist). In such a situation, a federal court decision would constitute a constitutionally impermissible advisory opinion. Jones, 57 F.3d at 922. Under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), a petition for review from an original BIA decision is distinct from, and must be reviewed separately from, a petition seeking review of the BIA’s ruling on a subsequent motion to reconsider the original decision. Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386, 395, 115 S.Ct. 1537, 131 L.Ed.2d 465 (1995) (<HOLDING>). The INA, by its terms, contemplates two
holding that the filing of a motion for reconsideration does not toll the period for seeking judicial review of the underlying order holding that the timely filing of a motion to reopen or reconsider with the bia does not toll the time period for seeking appellate court review and that the mere act of filing the motion does not render nonfinal the underlying bia decision holding for the same reason that motion for appointment of counsel does not toll the period for filing a federal habeas petition holding that an unauthorized motion for rehearing does not toll defendants time for filing a notice of appeal holding filing of motion for reconsideration does not toll the 30day deadline for filing petition for review