Georges Aristide Bernard Mekongo v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-2062
GEORGES ARISTIDE BERNARD MEKONGO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: August 17, 2010 Decided: September 13, 2010
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
E. Dennis Muchnicki, Dublin, Ohio, for Petitioner. Tony West,
Assistant Attorney General, William C. Peachey, Assistant
Director, Mona Maria Yousif, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Georges Aristide Bernard Mekongo, a native and citizen
of Cameroon, 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.
Mekongo first 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 Mekongo fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary
result. Having failed to qualify for asylum, Mekongo 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, 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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