Filed: Aug. 26, 2004
Latest Update: Feb. 12, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-1244 LIANG NIO GAN, Petitioner, versus JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A79-473-528) Submitted: August 18, 2004 Decided: August 26, 2004 Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges. Petition dismissed in part; denied in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. Herbert G. Fogle, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-1244 LIANG NIO GAN, Petitioner, versus JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A79-473-528) Submitted: August 18, 2004 Decided: August 26, 2004 Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges. Petition dismissed in part; denied in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. Herbert G. Fogle, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler,..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1244
LIANG NIO GAN,
Petitioner,
versus
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals. (A79-473-528)
Submitted: August 18, 2004 Decided: August 26, 2004
Before WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Petition dismissed in part; denied in part by unpublished per
curiam opinion.
Herbert G. Fogle, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioner. Peter D.
Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Evans, Assistant
Director, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Liang Nio Gan, a native and citizen of Indonesia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board) affirming the immigration judge’s denial of her
application for asylum and withholding of removal.
Gan first challenges the Board’s finding that her asylum
application was untimely with no showing of changed or
extraordinary circumstances excusing the late filing. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1158(a)(2)(B) (2000); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4), (5) (2004). We
conclude we lack jurisdiction to review this claim. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1158(a)(3) (2000).
While we do not have jurisdiction to consider the Board’s
denial of Gan’s asylum claim, we retain jurisdiction to consider
the denial of her request for withholding of removal, which is not
subject to the one-year time limitation. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)
(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)). Based on our review of the record, we conclude
substantial evidence supports the finding that Gan has failed to
meet this standard.
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Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for review in part
and deny it in part. 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 DISMISSED IN PART;
DENIED IN PART
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