Ndir v. Keisler

Filing 920071010

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1118

PAPA ABDALLAH NDIR, Petitioner, versus PETER D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A73-604-924)

Submitted:

September 21, 2007

Decided:

October 10, 2007

Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Carrie Crawford, Laurel, Maryland, for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Mark C. Walters, Assistant Director, Dalin R. Holyoak, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Papa Abdallah Ndir, a native and citizen of Senegal, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board"), dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. In his petition for review, Ndir challenges the

determination that he failed 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 factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution." 478, 483-84 (1992). INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S.

We have reviewed the evidence of record and

conclude that Ndir fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result. seeks. Additionally, we uphold the denial of Ndir's request for withholding of removal. "Because the burden of proof for Accordingly, we cannot grant the relief that he

withholding of removal is higher than for asylum--even though the facts that must be proved are the same--an applicant who is

ineligible for asylum is necessarily ineligible for withholding of removal under [8 U.S.C.] § 1231(b)(3) [(2000)]." Camara v.

Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 361, 367 (4th Cir. 2004).

Because Ndir fails to

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show that he is eligible for asylum, he cannot meet the higher standard for withholding of removal. We also find that substantial evidence supports the finding that Ndir fails to meet the standard for relief under the Convention Against Torture. See Dankam v. Gonzales, 495 F.3d 113, To obtain

124 (4th Cir. 2007) (setting forth standard of review).

such relief, an applicant must establish that "it is more likely than not that he or she would be tortured if removed to the proposed country of removal." 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2) (2007). We find that Ndir failed to make the requisite showing before the immigration court. 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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