UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-2456
MILKIYAS KASSAYE LAKEW,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A78-611-303)
Submitted: September 16, 2003 Decided: October 8, 2003
Before WIDENER, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Linda Hanten, HARRIGAN & HANTEN, P.C., Washington, D.C., for
Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Mark C.
Walters, Assistant Director, Arthur L. Rabin, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Milkiyas Kassaye Lakew, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) affirming the immigration judge’s decision
denying Lakew’s application for asylum, and applications for
withholding of deportation and withholding of deportation under the
Conventions Against Torture. We deny the petition for review.
Lakew contends the Board used the wrong legal standard in
determining he was not entitled to asylum. We find there are
sufficient indications in the Board’s order that it used the proper
standard. Lakew further contends the Board’s findings are not
supported by substantial evidence. We disagree.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal arguments are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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