UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1476
HIBAQ IBRAHIM MOHAMED,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A78-351-153)
Submitted: January 21, 2004 Decided: March 16, 2004
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Hibaq Ibrahim Mohamed, Petitioner Pro Se. Allen Warren Hausman,
Judy L. Forrest, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Hibaq Ibrahim Mohamed, a native and citizen of Somalia,
petitions this court for review of an order of the Board of
Immigration Appeals (“Board”) affirming the immigration judge’s
denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the
Convention Against Torture. Mohamed contends that she provided
detailed, consistent and plausible testimony sufficient to support
her asylum claim. See 8 U.S.C.A. § 1158 (West 1999 & Supp. 2003);
8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) (2000). We have reviewed the record, the
immigration judge’s decision, and the Board’s conclusion, and find
that substantial evidence supports the immigration judge’s ruling
that Mohamed failed to establish refugee status. 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252(b)(4) (2000).
We conclude as well that Mohamed is not entitled to
withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3) (2000), or under
the U.N. Convention Against Torture. The immigration judge did not
err in finding that Mohamed failed to show a “clear probability of
persecution.” See Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316, 324 n.13 (4th Cir.
2002) (“To qualify for withholding of removal, a petitioner must
show that he faces a clear probability of persecution because of
his race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social
group, or political opinion.”). Nor did Mohamed establish that it
is “more likely than not” that she would face torture if she
returned to Somalia. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2) (2003) (to qualify
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for protection under the Convention Against Torture, an alien must
show “it is more likely than not that he or she would be tortured
if removed to the proposed country of removal”).
We 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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