UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1242
BENEDICTA I. ABODE,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, United States Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (A75-376-812)
Submitted: August 28, 2003 Decided: March 25, 2004
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Benedicta I. Abode, Petitioner Pro Se. Robert D. McCallum, Jr.,
Assistant Attorney General, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director,
Robbin K. Blaya, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington,
D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Benedicta I. Abode, a native and citizen of Nigeria,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals affirming, without opinion, the immigration judge’s order
denying her applications for asylum and withholding of removal.
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 Abode 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 Abode seeks.
Accordingly, 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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