IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-60198 Summary Calendar

ALEXEI IVANOV, Petitioner, versus IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

- - - - - - - - - - Petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals USDC No. A70-690-548 - - - - - - - - - - February 4, 1999 Before DAVIS, DUHE’, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* Alexei Ivanov petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge’s decision to deny his application for asylum and for a withholding of deportation. We have reviewed the record and the briefs and determine that the Board’s decision is supported by substantial evidence. See Carbajal-Gonzalez v. INS, 78 F.3d 194 197 (5th Cir. 1996). The petition for review is DENIED.

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.