UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-2301
IBRAHIM SAID OMAR,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A78-151-868)
Submitted: April 9, 2004 Decided: April 29, 2004
Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jeffrey B. Elikan, Mark D. Maneche, VENABLE, L.L.P., Baltimore,
Maryland, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney
General, Michael Jay Singer, Matthew M. Collette, Civil Division,
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Ibrahim Said Omar, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals
(Board) affirming without opinion the immigration judge’s denial of
his application for asylum. We have reviewed the administrative
record and the immigration judge’s decision, designated by the
Board as the final agency determination, and find that substantial
evidence supports the immigration judge’s conclusion that Omar
failed to establish the past persecution or well-founded fear of
future persecution necessary to establish eligibility for asylum.
See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(a) (2003) (stating that the burden of proof
is on the alien to establish eligibility for asylum); INS v. Elias-
Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483 (1992) (same). We will reverse the
Board only if the evidence “‘was so compelling that no reasonable
fact finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.’”
Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316, 325 n.14 (4th Cir. 2002) (quoting Elias-
Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 483-84). We find no such compelling
evidence.
We deny Omar’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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