Patrick Osighala v. Eric Holder, Jr., No. 10-2058 (4th Cir. 2011)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 10-2058 PATRICK OSIGHALA; JUSTINA OSIGHALA, a/k/a Justina Odisgbe, Petitioners, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: June 15, 2011 Decided: July 13, 2011 Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Marc Seguinot, SEGUINOT & ASSOCIATES, PC, Dunn Loring, Virginia, for Petitioners. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Susan K. Houser, Senior Litigation Counsel, John J. W. Inkeles, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, DC, for Respondent. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Patrick Osighala ( Osighala ), and his wife, Justina Osighala (collectively Petitioners ), natives and citizens of Nigeria, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ( Board ) dismissing their appeal from the immigration judge s withholding of denial removal, Against Torture. and of their requests protection under for the asylum, Convention Osighala is the primary applicant for asylum; See 8 the claims of his wife are derivative of his application. U.S.C. § 1158(b)(3) (2006); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.21(a) (2011). A determination regarding eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal is affirmed if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole. Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992). INS v. Elias- Administrative findings of fact, including findings on credibility, are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to decide to the contrary. reviewed [Board] s 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2006). de novo, affording interpretation of appropriate the Legal issues are deference [Immigration and to the Nationality Act] and any attendant regulations. Li Fang Lin v. Mukasey, 517 F.3d 685, 691-92 (4th Cir. 2008). We will reverse the Board only if the evidence . . . presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 483-84; see Rusu v. 2 INS, 296 F.3d 316, 325 n.14 (4th Cir. 2002). Furthermore, [t]he agency decision that an alien is not eligible for asylum is conclusive unless abuse of discretion. manifestly contrary to the law and an Marynenka v. Holder, 592 F.3d 594, 600 (4th Cir. 2010) (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(D) (2006)). We have reviewed the evidence of record and conclude that substantial finding. evidence supports the adverse credibility We therefore uphold the denial of the Petitioners requests for asylum and withholding of removal. See Camara v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 361, 367 (4th Cir. 2004) ( Because the burden of proof for withholding of removal is higher than for asylum even though the facts that must be proved are the same an applicant who is ineligible for asylum is necessarily ineligible for withholding of removal under [8 U.S.C.] § 1231(b)(3). ). 1 Accordingly, we dispense with oral deny the petition for review. 2 argument because the facts and We legal 1 We decline to consider the immigration judge s and Board s alternate finding that, assuming Osighala s credibility, the Petitioners failed to satisfy their burden of proving either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. 2 The Petitioners have failed to raise any challenges to the denial of their request for protection under the Convention Against Torture. They have therefore waived appellate review of this claim. See Ngarurih v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 182, 189 n.7 (4th Cir. 2004). 3 contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. PETITION DENIED 4
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