Case Name: Kulwinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-04-14
Citations: 175 F. App'x 638
Docket Number: No. 03-1452
Parties: Kulwinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 175
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
Kulwinder SINGH, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-1452.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted March 27, 2006.
Decided April 14, 2006.
Joseph Peter Drennan, Alexandria, Virginia; James T. Reynolds, Paul Shearman Allen & Associates, Washington, D.C.; Steffanie Jones Lewis, International Business Law Firm, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey L. Oldham, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Assistant Director, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before NIEMEYER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kulwinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
To obtain reversal of a determination denying eligibility for 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." INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We have reviewed the evidence of record and conclude that Singh fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result. Having failed to qualify for asylum, Singh cannot meet the higher standard to qualify for withholding of removal. Chen v. INS, 195 F.3d 198, 205 (4th Cir.1999); INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 430, 107 S.Ct. 1207, 94 L.Ed.2d 434 (1987).
We also uphold the IJ's finding Singh failed to establish eligibility for protection under the Convention Against Torture. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c)(2) (2005). 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 court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED