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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-1867 NOORIA HAMIDI; OMAR HAMIDI, Petitioners, versus ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A79-513-113; A79-512-955) Submitted: February 14, 2005 Decided: March 23, 2005 Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. James Feroli, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE APPELLATE CENTER, Alexandria
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-1867 NOORIA HAMIDI; OMAR HAMIDI, Petitioners, versus ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A79-513-113; A79-512-955) Submitted: February 14, 2005 Decided: March 23, 2005 Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. James Feroli, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE APPELLATE CENTER, Alexandria,..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1867
NOORIA HAMIDI; OMAR HAMIDI,
Petitioners,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A79-513-113; A79-512-955)
Submitted: February 14, 2005 Decided: March 23, 2005
Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Feroli, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE APPELLATE CENTER, Alexandria,
Virginia, for Petitioners. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney
General, Michael P. Lindemann, Assistant Director, Douglas E.
Ginsburg, Senior Litigation Counsel, Washington, D.C., for
Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Nooria Hamidi (“Hamidi”) and her son, Omar Hamidi,
natives and citizens of Afghanistan, petition for review of an
order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) dismissing
their appeal from the immigration judge’s order denying Hamidi’s
applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection
under the Convention Against Torture. Hamidi is the primary
applicant for asylum; the claims of her son are derivative of her
application. See 8 U.S.C.A. § 1158(b)(3) (West 1999 & Supp. 2004);
8 C.F.R. § 1208.21(a) (2004).
In her petition for review, Hamidi contends that the
Board and immigration judge erred in denying asylum relief on the
ground that she failed to demonstrate that she filed her
application within one year of the date of her arrival in the
United States. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B) (2000). We conclude
that we lack jurisdiction to review this determination pursuant to
8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3) (2000). See Zaidi v. Ashcroft,
377 F.3d 678,
680-81 (7th Cir. 2004) (collecting cases). Given this
jurisdictional bar, we cannot review the underlying merits of
Hamidi’s asylum claim.
While we lack jurisdiction to consider the denial of
Hamidi’s asylum claim, we retain jurisdiction to consider the
denial of her requests for withholding of removal and protection
under the Convention Against Torture. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)
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(2004). “To qualify for withholding of removal, a petitioner must
show that [s]he faces a clear probability of persecution because of
h[er] race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular
social group, or political opinion.” Rusu v. INS,
296 F.3d 316,
324 n.13 (4th Cir. 2002) (citing INS v. Stevic,
467 U.S. 407, 430
(1984)). To qualify for protection under the Convention Against
Torture, a petitioner bears the burden of proof of demonstrating
that “it is more likely than not that he or she would be tortured
if removed to the proposed country of removal.” 8 C.F.R.
§ 1208.16(c)(2) (2004). Based on our review of the record, we find
that Hamidi has failed to meet these standards.
Finally, Hamidi contends that the Board rendered its
decision in violation of her rights to due process of law. As
Hamidi fails to establish that her rights were “transgressed in
such a way as is likely to impact the results of the proceeding,”
Rusu, 296 F.3d at 320-21, we find that she is not entitled to
relief on this claim.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We note
that the Attorney General has filed a motion for summary affirmance
in this case. Because we find that this is not an “extraordinary
case” warranting summary disposition, we deny the motion. See 4th
Cir. R. 37(f). 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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