Tangwa v. Gonzales

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Tangwa v. Gonzales, 159 F. App'x 522 (4th Cir. 2005)

Tangwa v. Gonzales

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Nicole Ngamlia Tangwa, a native and citizen of Cameroon, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“Board”) order affirming without opinion the immigration judge’s decision to deny her applications for asylum and withholding from removal. * We deny the petition for review.

A determination regarding eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal is conclusive if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). Administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to decide to the contrary. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2000). We will reverse the Board “only if ‘the evidence presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.’ ” Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316, 325 n. 14 (4th Cir. 2002) (quoting Huaman-Cornelio, 979 F.2d at 999 (internal quotation marks omitted)). We find the immigration judge’s negative credibility finding was supported by substantial evidence. We further find the evidence was not so compelling as to warrant reversal.

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

*

Tangwa does not challenge the denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture.

Reference

Full Case Name
Nicole Ngamlia TANGWA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Status
Unpublished