UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-1709
BOGALECH DRESSEI YIFERU,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A97-930-372)
Submitted: October 31, 2006 Decided: January 10, 2007
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bogalech Dressei Yiferu, Petitioner Pro Se. M. Jocelyn Lopez
Wright, Daniel Eric Goldman, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Bogalech Dressei Yiferu, 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 applications for asylum, withholding of
removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
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 Yiferu fails to show that the evidence compels a
contrary result. Having failed to qualify for asylum, Yiferu
cannot meet the higher standard to qualify for withholding of
removal. Chen v. INS, 195 F.3d 198, 205 (4th Cir. 1999); INS v.
Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 430 (1987). In addition, we uphold
the IJ’s finding that Yiferu failed to establish that it was more
likely than not that she would be tortured if removed to Ethiopia.
See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2) (2006).
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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