Kamgang v. Gonzales , 158 F. App'x 496 ( 2005 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 05-1429
    PATRICK KAMGANG,
    Petitioner,
    versus
    ALBERTO R. GONZALES,
    Respondent.
    On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
    Appeals. (A95-905-707)
    Submitted:   December 12, 2005         Decided:     December 28, 2005
    Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Jacqueline E. Ngole, Rockville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Jonathan
    S. Gasser, United States Attorney, Marvin J. Caughman, Assistant
    United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Respondent.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Patrick   Kamgang,     a    native   and   citizen       of   Cameroon,
    petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
    Appeals (Board) affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s
    (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal,
    and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
    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 Kamgang fails to show that the evidence compels a
    contrary result.       Having failed to qualify for asylum, Kamgang
    cannot meet the higher standard to qualify 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).            In addition, we uphold
    the IJ’s finding that Kamgang failed to establish that it was more
    likely than not that he would be tortured if removed to Cameroon.
    See 
    8 C.F.R. § 1208.16
    (c)(2) (2005).             Finally, in light of the
    above   conclusions,    we   reject      Kamgang’s    claim    that      the   Board
    violated immigration regulations in using the affirmance without
    opinion procedure in this case.
    Accordingly,      we   deny    the   petition      for   review.      We
    dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
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    are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
    argument would not aid the decisional process.
    PETITION DENIED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 05-1429

Citation Numbers: 158 F. App'x 496

Judges: Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Hamilton

Filed Date: 12/28/2005

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024