UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-2408
HANNA MESFIN,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A70-662-863)
Submitted: May 24, 2004 Decided: July 7, 2004
Before LUTTIG, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas A. Elliot, Fabienne Chatain, ELLIOT & MAYOCK, Washington,
D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney
General, Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, Michelle R.
Thresher, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Hanna Mesfin, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions
for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
affirming, without opinion, the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial
of her application for asylum and withholding of removal.
On appeal, Mesfin raises challenges to the IJ’s
determination that she failed to establish her eligibility for
asylum. To obtain reversal of a determination denying eligibility
for relief, an alien “must show that the evidence [s]he presented
was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find
the requisite fear of persecution.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502
U.S. 478, 483-84 (1992). We have reviewed the evidence of record
and conclude that Mesfin fails to show that the evidence compels a
contrary result. Accordingly, we cannot grant the relief that
Mesfin 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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