Gedion Tamrat v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1377
GEDION TAMRAT,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: November 18, 2009 Decided: December 28, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David Allen Garfield, Catherine A. Reynolds, LAW OFFICES OF
DAVID GARFIELD, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Tony West,
Assistant Attorney General, Susan K. Houser, Senior Litigation
Counsel, W. Daniel Shieh, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION,
Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Gedion Tamrat, a native and citizen of Ethiopia,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals affirming the Immigration Judge’s denial of his
applications for relief from removal.
Tamrat challenges the determination that he failed to
establish 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.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84
(1992). We have reviewed the evidence of record and conclude
that Tamrat fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary
result.
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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