UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-1696
FREDIS GONZALEZ-REYES,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals
Submitted: April 26, 2011 Decided: May 20, 2011
Before NIEMEYER, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Anser Ahmad, AHMAD LAW OFFICES, P.C., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
for Petitioner. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Carl H.
McIntyre, Assistant Director, John J.W. Inkeles, DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Fredis Gonzalez-Reyes, a native and citizen of El
Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the Board of
Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the Immigration
Judge’s denial of his applications for relief from removal.
Gonzalez-Reyes first 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 Gonzalez-Reyes fails to show that the evidence
compels a contrary result.
Having failed to qualify for asylum, Gonzalez-Reyes
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 Gonzalez-Reyes failed to qualify for
protection under the Convention Against Torture. 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.16(c) (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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