Filed: Oct. 31, 2008
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1296 FLORENCE N. GWANYALLA, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: September 26, 2008 Decided: October 31, 2008 Before TRAXLER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Sopo Ngwa, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Mic
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1296 FLORENCE N. GWANYALLA, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: September 26, 2008 Decided: October 31, 2008 Before TRAXLER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Sopo Ngwa, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Mich..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-1296
FLORENCE N. GWANYALLA,
Petitioner,
v.
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: September 26, 2008 Decided: October 31, 2008
Before TRAXLER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sopo Ngwa, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Gregory G.
Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Lindemann, Assistant
Director, Glen T. Jaeger, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Florence N. Gwanyalla, a native and citizen of Cameroon,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals adopting and affirming the Immigration Judge’s denial of
her applications for relief from removal.
Gwanyalla first challenges the determination that she
failed to establish 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 Gwanyalla fails
to show that the evidence compels a contrary result. Having failed
to qualify for asylum, Gwanyalla cannot meet the more stringent
standard 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). Finally, we uphold the finding below that Gwanyalla failed
to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that she would be
tortured if removed to Cameroon. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2) (2008).
Accordingly, 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
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