UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1535
HANNA YIMAM,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A76-949-003)
Submitted: October 31, 2003 Decided: February 10, 2004
Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Aragaw Mehari, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler,
Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director,
Carolyn M. Piccotti, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Hana Yimam, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions
for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
(“Board”). The order affirmed, without opinion, the immigration
judge’s order denying Yimam’s applications for asylum and
withholding of removal. We deny the petition for review.
Yimam challenges the immigration judge’s finding that she
failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution.
The decision to grant or deny asylum relief is conclusive “unless
manifestly contrary to the law and an abuse of discretion.” 8
U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(D) (2000). We conclude that the record
supports the immigration judge’s conclusion that Yimam failed to
establish her eligibility for asylum. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(a)
(2003); Gonahasa v. INS, 181 F.3d 538, 541 (4th Cir. 1999). As the
decision in this case is not manifestly contrary to law, we cannot
grant the relief that Yimam seeks. Accordingly, we deny Yimam’s
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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