UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-1688
KHALED ASSAAD,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: March 13, 2017 Decided: March 22, 2017
Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jeremy L. McKinney, MCKINNEY IMMIGRATION LAW, Greensboro, North
Carolina, for Petitioner. Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Papu Sandhu, Assistant Director,
Kate D. Balaban, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Khaled Assaad, a native of Lebanon and a citizen of Belize,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal from the immigration
judge’s decision denying his applications for asylum,
withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention
Against Torture. We have thoroughly reviewed the record,
including the transcript of Assaad’s merits hearing and all
supporting evidence. We conclude that the record evidence does
not compel a ruling contrary to any of the agency’s factual
findings, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that
substantial evidence supports the Board’s decision, INS v.
Elias–Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the
reasons stated by the Board. See In re Assaad (B.I.A. May 19,
2016). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
PETITION DENIED
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