Case Name: Albert Edeze BIKIM, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-10-25
Citations: 251 F. App'x 842
Docket Number: No. 07-1255
Parties: Albert Edeze BIKIM, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 251
Pages: 842–843

Head Matter:
Albert Edeze BIKIM, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 07-1255.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 15, 2007.
Decided: Oct. 25, 2007.
Ronald D. Richey, Law Offices of Ronald D. Richey, Rockville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Susan Houser, Senior Litigation Counsel, Francis W. Fraser, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Albert Edeze Bikim, a native and citizen of Cameroon, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's order denying his applications for asylum, withholding from removal, and withholding under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny the petition for review.
The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) authorizes the Attorney General to confer asylum on any refugee. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (2000). The INA defines a refugee as a person unwilling or unable to return to his native country "because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) (2000). An applicant can establish refugee status based on past persecution in his native country on account of a protected ground. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(1) (2006). Without regard to past persecution, an alien can also establish refugee status based on a well-founded fear of persecution on a protected ground. Ngarurih v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 182, 187 (4th Cir.2004).
An applicant has the burden of demonstrating his eligibility for asylum. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(a) (2006); Gandziami-Mickhou v. Gonzales, 445 F.3d 351, 353 (4th Cir.2006). A determination regarding eligibility for asylum is affirmed if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole. INS v. EliasZacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). This court will reverse the Board "only if the evidence presented . was so compelling that no reasonable fact finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution." Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316, 325 n. 14 (4th Cir.2002) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
We find sufficient evidence supports the Board's adverse credibility finding and the record does not compel a different result. Because Bikim failed to establish past persecution or that he had a well-founded fear of persecution because of his alleged political activities, we will not disturb the Board's denial of Bikim's applications for asylum or withholding from removal. Further, we also find that substantial evidence supports the Board's finding that he was not eligible for withholding under the CAT.
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 coui't and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED.