Woldemariam v. Ashcroft

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1251
ELSA TEKLE WOLDEMARIAM,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, United States Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A78-612-529)
Submitted: September 24, 2003 Decided: February 23, 2004
Before LUTTIG, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Aragaw Mehari, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler,
Assistant Attorney General, Margaret J. Perry, Senior Litigation
Counsel, Lisa A. Watts, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Elsa Tekle Woldemariam, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals affirming the denial of asylum based on the reasoning of
the Immigration Judge (IJ). We have reviewed the administrative
record and find no error in the IJ’s conclusion that Woldemariam
was firmly resettled in Italy and is thus ineligible for asylum.
See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B), (D) (2000); 8 U.S.C. §
1158(b)(2)(A)(vi) (2000); Mussie v. INS, 172 F.3d 329, 331-32 (4th
Cir. 1999). As the firm resettlement bar applies here,
Woldemariam’s contentions that she has a well-founded fear of
future persecution and challenges to the IJ’s findings that the
fear is not objectively reasonable are misplaced.
We accordingly 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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