U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2004

Yigalem v. Ashcroft

Yigalem v. Ashcroft
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided August 18, 2004 · Widener, Luttig, Traxler
104 F. App'x 364

Yigalem v. Ashcroft

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

James Frank Triana, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affhrning, without opinion, the immigration judge’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal, in accordance with 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4) (2004). For the reasons dis *365 cussed below, we deny the petition for review.

Triana asserts that his testimony was credible and corroborated, and was therefore sufficient to establish his 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 fact-finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We have reviewed the evidence of record and conclude that Tria-na fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result.

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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