UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1171
MOHAMED GULED,
Petitioner,
versus
U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE;
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondents.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A75-386-390)
Submitted: April 14, 2003 Decided: April 28, 2003
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mohamed Guled, Petitioner Pro Se. Allen Warren Hausman, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Mohamed Guled, a native and citizen of Somalia, petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming
the denial of asylum based on the reasoning of the Immigration
Judge (IJ). We have reviewed the administrative record and find no
error in the IJ’s conclusion that Guled was firmly resettled in
Canada and is thus ineligible for asylum. See 8 U.S.C. §
1252(b)(4)(C) (2000); 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(2)(A)(vi) (2000); Mussie
v. INS, 172 F.3d 329, 331-32 (4th Cir. 1999). As the firm
resettlement bar applies here, Guled’s contentions that he suffered
past persecution and challenging the IJ’s additional findings that
he could safely relocate in Somalia, or go to Ethiopia, are
misplaced.
We accordingly deny the petition for review. 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 DENIED
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