Shiwu Dong v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Filing 920090407

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1679

SHIWU DONG, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Submitted:

March 25, 2009

Decided:

April 7, 2009

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas V. Massucci, New York, New York, for Petitioner. Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Susan K. Houser, Senior Litigation Counsel, Justin R. Markel, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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: Shiwu Dong, a native and citizen of the People's

Republic of China, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing of his his appeal from the

immigration withholding

judge's of

denial and

requests under

for the

asylum,

removal,

protection

Convention

Against Torture. Before this court, Dong challenges the determination that he failed to establish his eligibility for asylum. obtain reversal of a determination denying eligibility To 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." U.S. 478, 483-84 (1992). We have INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 reviewed the evidence of

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

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)." 378 F.3d 361, 367 (4th Cir. 2004). 2 Camara v. Ashcroft,

Because Dong failed to 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 Dong failed to meet the standard for relief under the Convention Against Torture. To obtain 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) (2008). We find that

Dong failed to make the requisite showing before the immigration court. Accordingly, dispense with oral we deny the petition the for facts review. and We legal

argument

because

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED

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