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Mekonnen v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Apr 29, 2016
647 F. App'x 220 (4th Cir. 2016)

Opinion

No. 15-1400

04-29-2016

TSEDEKE TESHONE MEKONNEN, a/k/a Tsedeke Teshone Mekonen, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

Alan M. Parra, LAW OFFICES OF ALAN M. PARRA, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jesse M. Bless, Senior Litigation Counsel, Lance L. Jolley, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.


UNPUBLISHED On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Before WILKINSON and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Alan M. Parra, LAW OFFICES OF ALAN M. PARRA, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Petitioner. Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jesse M. Bless, Senior Litigation Counsel, Lance L. Jolley, 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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Tsedeke Teshone Mekonnen, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's denial of his requests for asylum and withholding of removal. We have thoroughly reviewed the record, including the transcript of Mekonnen's merits hearing and all supporting evidence. We conclude that the record evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the administrative factual findings, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that substantial evidence supports the Board's decision. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992).

Mekonnen does not challenge the denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture. Accordingly, review of that issue is waived. See Ngarurih v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 182, 189 n.7 (4th Cir. 2004). --------

Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Mekonnen (B.I.A. Mar. 17, 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


Summaries of

Mekonnen v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Apr 29, 2016
647 F. App'x 220 (4th Cir. 2016)
Case details for

Mekonnen v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:TSEDEKE TESHONE MEKONNEN, a/k/a Tsedeke Teshone Mekonen, Petitioner, v…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 29, 2016

Citations

647 F. App'x 220 (4th Cir. 2016)