UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1212
NEJIBA MUSTAFA AWEL,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A79-507-703)
Submitted: August 25, 2004 Decided: September 15, 2004
Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Shifa D. Soressa, New York, New York, for Petitioner. Peter D.
Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, James A. Hunolt, Senior
Litigation Counsel, Song E. Park, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Nejiba Mustafa Awel, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals affirming the immigration judge’s denial of asylum. For
the reasons discussed below, we deny the petition for review.
Awel asserts that her testimony was credible and
corroborated, and was therefore sufficient to establish her
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 Awel fails to
show that the evidence compels a contrary result.
Accordingly, we grant the motion to file a supplemental
appendix but 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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