UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-1162
MESKEREM SHEWATSEGA,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A72-416-998)
Submitted: October 15, 2002 Decided: October 30, 2002
Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Rev. Uduak J. Ubom, UBOM, WHITE & ROBERTS, Washington, D.C., for
Petitioner. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General,
Mark C. Walters, Assistant Director, James E. Grimes, Office of
Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Meskerem Shewatsega, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board) denying relief on her application for asylum and
withholding of deportation. We have reviewed the administrative
record and find that substantial evidence supports the Board’s
conclusion that Shewatsega failed to establish a well-founded fear
of persecution as necessary to qualify for relief from deportation.
8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(4) (1994);* INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S.
478, 481 (1992); Huaman-Cornelio v. Board of Immigration Appeals,
979 F.2d 995, 999 (4th Cir. 1992); Matter of Kojoory, 12 I. & N.
Dec. 215 (BIA 1967).
Accordingly, we affirm the Board’s order. 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.
AFFIRMED
*
We note that 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(4) was repealed by the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(IIRIRA) effective April 1, 1997. Because this case was in
transition at the time the IIRIRA was passed, 8 U.S.C.
§ 1105a(a)(4) is still applicable here under the terms of the
transitional rules contained in § 309(c) of the IIRIRA.
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