Naphazi Prince v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: A099-547-912 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998611121].. [10-2141]

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Appeal: 10-2141 Document: 23 Date Filed: 06/14/2011 Page: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 10-2141 PRINCE NAPHAZI, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: May 18, 2011 Decided: June 14, 2011 Before DAVIS, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Alexander M. Chanthunya, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Anthony P. Nicastro, Senior Litigation Counsel, Jeffery R. Leist, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. Appeal: 10-2141 Document: 23 Date Filed: 06/14/2011 Page: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Prince Naphazi, a native and citizen of Zimbabwe, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s denial of his applications for relief from removal. Naphazi first challenges the determination failed to establish eligibility for asylum. of a determination denying eligibility for that he To obtain reversal 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.” (1992). INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 We have reviewed the evidence of record and conclude that Naphazi fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result. Having failed to qualify for asylum, Naphazi cannot meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. Chen v. INS, 195 F.3d 198, 205 (4th Cir. 1999); INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 430 (1987). Accordingly, dispense with oral we deny argument the petition because the for facts review. and We legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. PETITION DENIED 2

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