Adem v. Ashcroft ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1582
SEMIRA MOHAMMED ADEM,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN D. ASHCROFT, Attorney General for the
United States,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A77-248-270)
Submitted: December 12, 2003 Decided: December 29, 2003
Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Allan Ebert, LAW OFFICES OF ALLAN EBERT, Washington, D.C., for
Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Richard
M. Evans, Assistant Director, Nancy E. Friedman, Office of
Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Semira Mohammed Adem, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) affirming the immigration judge’s denial of her
applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection
under the Convention Against Torture.
On appeal, Adem raises challenges to the Board and immigration
judge’s determinations that she failed to establish her 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 Adem fails to show that the
evidence compels a contrary result. Accordingly, we cannot grant
the relief that Adem seeks.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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