Jessica Illescas-Diaz v. Eric Holder, Jr., No. 10-1780 (4th Cir. 2011)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 10-1780 JESSICA SUSSETTE ILLESCAS-DIAZ, a/k/a Yesica Illescas-Dias, a/k/a Jessica Sussette Illescas Dias, Suset Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: February 28, 2011 Decided: March 21, 2011 Before KING, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Linda A. Dominguez, L.A. DOMINGUEZ LAW, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Petitioner. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, John S. Hogan, Senior Litigation Counsel, Rosanne M. Perry, 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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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: Jessica Sussette Illescas-Diaz, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the Immigration Judge s denial of her applications for relief from removal. Illescas-Diaz challenges the determination failed to establish eligibility for asylum. of a determination denying eligibility for that she 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 Illescas-Diaz fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result. Illescas-Diaz cannot Having meet withholding of removal. failed the to more qualify stringent for asylum, standard for 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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