Case Name: Sara MUSSIE, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-08-01
Citations: 14 F. App'x 294
Docket Number: No. 01-1203
Parties: Sara MUSSIE, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 14
Pages: 294–295

Head Matter:
Sara MUSSIE, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Respondents.
No. 01-1203.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted July 20, 2001.
Decided Aug. 1, 2001.
Diane McHugh-Martinez, Law Office of McHugh-Martinez, Washington, DC, for petitioner.
Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Margaret J. Perry, Senior Litigation, Julia K. Doig, Washington, DC, for respondent.
Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Sara Mussie, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings based on a claim for protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Mussie contends that the Board abused its discretion in finding that she failed to establish a prima facie case that it is more likely than not that she would suffer torture if returned to either Germany or Ethiopia. See Stewart v. INS, 181 F.3d 587, 595 (4th Cir.1999); 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2) (2001). We have reviewed the administrative record and the Board's decision and find no abuse of discretion in its refusal to grant the motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.18(b)(2)(ii).
Accordingly, we affirm the Board's denial of relief. 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.
AFFIRMED.