Julius Chuya Tikum v. Loretta E. Lynch

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-2540
JULIUS CHUYA TIKUM,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: August 31, 2016 Decided: September 16, 2016
Before TRAXLER, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Godwill C. Tachi, THE TACHI LAW FIRM, LLC, Greenbelt, Maryland,
for Petitioner. Benjamin C. Mizer, Assistant Attorney General,
Mark Walters, Acting Assistant Director, John F. Stanton, Office
of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Julius Chuya Tikum, a native and citizen of Cameroon,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal from the Immigration
Judge’s denial of his requests for asylum and withholding of
removal.* We have thoroughly reviewed the record and conclude
that the record evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to
any of the agency’s factual findings, see 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that substantial evidence supports
the Board’s decision, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481
(1992). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the
reasons stated by the Board. See In re Tikum (B.I.A. Nov. 12,
2015). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
PETITION DENIED
* Tikum argues on appeal that he qualified for protection
under the Convention Against Torture. As the Board found that
Tikum failed to raise a meaningful challenge to the denial of
this relief, we lack jurisdiction to review this unexhausted
claim. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1) (2012).

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