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Muhammad Moten MAQSOOD, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 02-61128
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Oct. 27, 2003.
    Elaine F. Prappas, Prappas & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
    Donald Anthony Couvillon, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Linda Susan Wendtland, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Hipólito Acosta, US Immigration & Naturalization Service, Houston, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, US Immigration & Naturalization Service, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
    John Ashcroft, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, pro se.
    Before JOLLY, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Muhammad Moten Maqsood asks this court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that affirmed the Immigration judge’s (IJ) order denying Petitioner’s application for asylum and withholding of removal.

When, as here, the BIA summarily affirms without opinion and essentially adopts the IJ’s decision, we review the IJ’s decision. See Mikhael v. INS, 115 F.3d 299, 302 (5th Cir.1997).

The IJ ruled that Maqsood did not timely file his application for asylum. This ruling, which Maqsood has not challenged, is not reviewable by a court. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3). Accordingly, regarding denial of the asylum, the petition is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Maqsood argues that the IJ erred in determinating that he was ineligible for withholding of removal, contending that the IJ did not correctly assess his testimony and mistook confusion for a lack of credibility. Maqsood has not demonstrated that the record compels a conclusion contrary to that of the IJ and therefore has not provided a basis for us to substitute our determination for that of the IJ concerning credibility or ultimate factual findings based on credibility determinations. Efe v. Ashcroft, 293 F.3d 899, 904 (5th Cir.2002).

Maqsood also argues that the IJ erroneously denied his application for withholding of removal because evidence shows that he will suffer persecution if he returns to Pakistan. The IJ’s conclusion that Maqsood did not establish a clear probability that he will be persecuted if he returns to Pakistan is supported by substantial record evidence. See Faddoul v. INS, 37 F.3d 185, 188 (5th Cir.1994).

Maqsood further argues that his case did not meet the BIA’s requirements for issuance of an affirmance without opinion pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4), and that the BIA’s use of such summary procedure violated his due process rights. The due process argument is without merit. See Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 832-33 (5th Cir.2003) (rejecting due process challenge to a similar summary affirmance procedure set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1003(a)(7)). Furthermore, as the decision of the IJ was correct and does not raise any substantial factual or legal questions on appeal, that decision meets the criteria for a summary affirmance pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4).

For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is denied.

DISMISS IN PART; DENIED IN PART. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.