Ejigu v. Ashcroft ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1111
ETSEHIWOT EJIGU,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A74-681-087)
Submitted: June 19, 2003 Decided: July 2, 2003
Before WILKINSON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Larry L. Lewis, LAW OFFICE OF J.W. NESARI, L.L.C., Herndon,
Virginia, for Petitioner. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant
Attorney General, Anthony W. Norwood, Senior Litigation Counsel,
Efthimia S. Pilitsis, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Etsehiwot Ejigu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions
for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s denial of asylum
and withholding of removal.
Ejigu takes issue with the Immigration Judge’s finding that
she failed to qualify for asylum due to past persecution or a well-
founded fear of persecution in Ethiopia based on her Amhara
ethnicity and membership in the All Amhara People’s Organization.
She further contends that she demonstrated a pattern or practice of
persecution of similarly situated individuals in Ethiopia. See 8
C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(2)(iii) (2003). We have reviewed the
administrative record and uphold the IJ’s denial of relief. 8
U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4) (2000); see Sevoian v. Ashcroft, 290 F.3d 166,
176 (3d Cir. 2002); Matter of Y-B-, 21 I. & N. Dec. 1136, 1139 (BIA
1998); Matter of S-M-J-, 21 I. & N. Dec. 722, 724-26 (BIA 1997).
We accordingly deny the petition for review. We further deny
Ejigu’s motion to remand and 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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