UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-2409
AGERE ABATE FEKADU,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A76-433-983 )
Submitted: May 7, 2004 Decided: July 16, 2004
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James A. Roberts, LAW OFFICES OF JAMES A. ROBERTS, Falls Church,
Virginia, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney
General, Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, James A. Hunolt,
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Agere Abate Fekadu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) affirming, without opinion, the immigration
judge’s denial of her application for asylum and withholding of
removal.
On appeal, Fekadu raises challenges to the immigration
judge’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 Fekadu fails to show that the
evidence compels a contrary result. Accordingly, we cannot grant
the relief that Fekadu seeks.
Additionally, we conclude Fekadu’s claim that the Board’s
use of the summary affirmance procedure under 8 C.F.R. § 3.1(e)(4)
(2002) violated her rights under the Due Process Clause is
foreclosed by our recent decision in Blanco de Belbruno v.
Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 272 (4th Cir. 2004). In Blanco de Belbruno, we
held that “the BIA’s streamlining regulations do not violate an
alien’s rights to due process of law under the Fifth Amendment.”
Id. at 282-83.
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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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