Villarroel-Vargas v. Ashcroft

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1684
ORLANDO VILLARROEL-VARGAS,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A79-157-731)
Submitted: December 10, 2004 Decided: January 5, 2005
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Marc Seguinot, SEGUINOT LAW FIRM, McLean, Virginia, for Petitioner.
Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David V. Bernal,
Assistant Director, Margaret K. Taylor, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION
LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Orlando Villarroel-Vargas, a native and citizen of
Bolivia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of
Immigration Appeals (“Board”) affirming, without opinion, the
immigration judge’s denial of his applications for asylum,
withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against
Torture.
In his petition for review, Villarroel-Vargas challenges
the immigration judge’s determination that he failed to establish
his 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 Villarroel-Vargas
fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result.
Accordingly, we cannot grant the relief that he seeks*
and 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
*
Villarroel-Vargas does not challenge the denial of
withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against
Torture in his petition for review.
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