United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT January 29, 2004
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 03-60375
Summary Calendar
FISEHA TAYE,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondent.
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
BIA No. A74 082 560
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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Fiseha Taye petitions for review of an order from the Board
of Immigration Appeals (BIA) summarily affirming the immigration
judge's (IJ) decision to deny his application for withholding of
removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).
After reviewing the record and the briefs, we conclude that
the decision is supported by substantial evidence and that the
evidence in the record does not compel a conclusion contrary to
that reached by the IJ and BIA that Taye failed to show that it
*
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
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was more likely than not that he would be tortured if he were to
return to Germany or Ethiopia. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2), INS
v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 (1992); Mikhael v. INS,
115 F.3d 299, 302 (5th Cir. 1997). Therefore, we DENY the
petition for review.