UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-2021
GEVORG HOVHANNISYAN,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR.,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: February 17, 2009 Decided: February 26, 2009
Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gevorg Hovhannisyan, Petitioner Pro Se. Daniel Eric Goldman,
Senior Litigation Counsel, Washington, D.C.; Eric H. Holder,
Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Washington, D.C.; George
William Maugans, III, Special Assistant United States Attorney,
Baltimore, Maryland; Jem Colleen Sponzo, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Gevorg Hovhannisyan, a native and citizen of Armenia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals affirming the Immigration Judge’s denial of his
applications for relief from removal.
Hovhannisyan challenges the determination that he
failed to establish 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 Hovhannisyan fails to show that the evidence compels a
contrary result. Having failed to qualify for asylum,
Hovhannisyan cannot meet the more stringent standard 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).
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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