Case Name: Awad Dyab MOHAMED, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-08
Citations: 77 F. App'x 653
Docket Number: No. 02-2268
Parties: Awad Dyab MOHAMED, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 77
Pages: 653–654

Head Matter:
Awad Dyab MOHAMED, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
No. 02-2268.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 25, 2003.
Decided Oct. 8, 2003.
Ivan Yacub, Law Office of Ivan Yacub, Falls Church, Virginia, for Petitioner. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, Daniel E. Goldman, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Awad Dyab Mohamed, a native and citizen of Sudan, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") affirming, without opinion, the immigration judge's denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. For the reasons discussed below, we deny the petition for review.
In his petition, Mohamed first challenges the immigration judge's determination that he failed to establish his eligibility for asylum. 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 Mohamed fails to show that the evidence compels a contrary result. Accordingly, we cannot grant the relief that Mohamed seeks.
Additionally, we uphold the immigration judge's denial of Mohamed's application for withholding of removal. The standard for withholding of removal is more stringent than that for granting asylum. Chen v. INS, 195 F.3d 198, 205 (4th Cir.1999). To qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate "a clear probability of persecution." INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 430, 107 S.Ct. 1207, 94 L.Ed.2d 434 (1987). Because Mohamed fails to show that he is eligible for asylum, he cannot meet the higher standard for withholding of removal.
Finally, Mohamed argues that the Board's use of the summary affirmance procedure set out at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4) (2003) was impermissibly retroactive as applied to him. This argument is squarely foreclosed by our recent decision in Khattak v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 250, 252-53 (4th Cir.2003) (rejecting a challenge to the Board's summary affirmance procedure on retroactivity grounds and concluding that "allowing summary opinions in clear cases is nothing more than a procedural change that does not affect substantive rights").
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.