Mehari Gilamariam Negusse, a native and citizen of Eritrea, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ’s) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. * We reject Negusse’s challenge to the summary affirmance without opinion procedure au *604 thorized in 8 C.F.R. 8.1(a)(7) (2002). See Albathani v. INS, 318 F.3d 365, 376-79 (1st Cir. 2003).

The decision to grant or deny asylum relief is conclusive “unless manifestly contrary to the law and an abuse of discretion.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(D) (2000). We conclude that the record supports the IJ’s conclusion that Negusse failed to establish his eligibility for asylum. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(a) (2002); Gonahasa v. INS, 181 F.3d 538, 541 (4th Cir. 1999). As the decision in this case is not manifestly contrary to law, we cannot grant the relief Negusse seeks.

We accordingly deny the petition for review. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED.