UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-1876
MAURINE E. AKWI,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: April 25, 2011 Decided: May 12, 2011
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Irena I. Karpinski, LAW OFFICES OF IRENA I. KARPINSKI,
Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Tony West, Assistant Attorney
General, Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, Susan Bennett
Green, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.,
for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Maurine E. Akwi, a native and citizen of Cameroon,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals dismissing her appeal from the Immigration Judge’s
denial of her applications for relief from removal.
Akwi first challenges the determination that she
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 Akwi fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary
result. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii) (2006).
Having failed to qualify for asylum, Akwi 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). Finally, we uphold the finding below
that Akwi failed to demonstrate that it is more likely than not
that she would be tortured if removed to Cameroon. 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.16(c)(2) (2010).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
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contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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