UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
__________________
No. 96-60645
Summary Calendar
__________________
FRANCIS DIBI KOFFI,
Petitioner,
versus
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Respondent.
______________________________________________
Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
BIA No. A73-764-311
______________________________________________
July 31, 1997
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Francis Dibi Koffi appeals the Board of Immigration Appeal’s
(BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s decision to deny
asylum, withholding of deportation, and voluntary departure. After
reviewing the record and the briefs, we deny the petition for the
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
following reasons:
1. There is substantial evidence to support the BIA’s
determination that Koffi did not suffer either past
persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution.
And because Koffi has not shown that he can prevail under
the lesser well-founded fear of persecution standard
applicable to his eligibility for political asylum, he
cannot prevail under the higher clear-probability-of-
persecution standard applicable to withholding of
deportation.
2. Koffi’s assertion that he is eligible for voluntary
departure is without merit. Koffi was convicted of a
crime of moral turpitude within five years of his
application for voluntary departure. Accordingly, Koffi
is not eligible for voluntary departure. See 8 U.S.C. §
1254(e); id. § 1101(f)(3); id. § 1182(a)(9).
Petition for Review DENIED.
2