Nkwendja v. Mukasey ( 2008 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-1862
JEAN COLBERT DJINDJEU NKWENDJA,
Petitioner,
v.
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: June 20, 2008 Decided: July 15, 2008
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Peter Nyoh, PETER NYOH AND ASSOCIATES, Silver Spring, Maryland, for
Petitioner. Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Mark C. Walters, Assistant Director, W. Manning Evans, OFFICE OF
IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jean Colbert Djindjeu Nkwendja, a native and citizen of
Cameroon, petitions for review of an order of the Board of
Immigration Appeals affirming without opinion the Immigration
Judge’s denial of his applications for relief from removal.
Nkwendja 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 Nkwendja fails to
show that the evidence compels a contrary result. Having failed to
qualify for asylum, Nkwendja 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).
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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