UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1214
FUAD RESHID HASSEN,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A79-468-482)
Submitted: August 27, 2004 Decided: September 10, 2004
Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Aragaw Mehari, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler,
Assistant Attorney General, Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director,
Rena I. Curtis, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Fuad Reshid Hassen, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals affirming without opinion, in accordance with 8 C.F.R.
§ 1003.1(e)(4) (2004), the immigration judge’s denial of asylum,
withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against
Torture. For the reasons discussed below, we deny the petition for
review.
Hassen asserts that his evidence was sufficient to establish
his eligibility for asylum. To obtain reversal of a determination
denying eligibility for relief, an alien “must show that the
evidence 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 Hassen fails to
show that the evidence compels a contrary result.*
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
*
As Hassen failed to assert on appeal his entitlement to
withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against
Torture, those claims are waived. Edwards v. City of Goldsboro,
178 F.3d 231, 241 n.6 (4th Cir. 1999).