Case Name: Jhonny JOSEPH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-03-03
Citations: 314 F. App'x 615
Docket Number: No. 08-1365
Parties: Jhonny JOSEPH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 314
Pages: 615–616

Head Matter:
Jhonny JOSEPH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-1365.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 29, 2009.
Decided: March 3, 2009.
James A. Roberts, Fairfax, Virginia, for Petitioner. Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Senior Litigation Counsel, Brianne Whelan Cohen, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jhonny Joseph, a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("Board") order affirming the immigration judge's order denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Joseph challenges the immigration judge's adverse credibility finding, as affirmed by the Board. For the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition for review.
We will uphold an adverse credibility determination if it is supported by substantial evidence, see Tewabe v. Gonzales, 446 F.3d 533, 538 (4th Cir.2006), and reverse the Board's decision only if the evidence "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 quotations and citations omitted).
Having reviewed the administrative record and the Board's decision, we find that substantial evidence supports the immigration judge's adverse credibility finding, as affirmed by the Board, and the ruling that Joseph failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution as necessary to establish eligibility for asylum. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(I), (ii) (2006) (providing that the burden of proof is on the alien to establish eligibility for asylum); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(a) (2006) (same). Because the record does not compel a different result, we will not disturb the Board's denial of Joseph's application for asylum.
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.
Because Joseph did not challenge the denial of withholding of removal in his brief, that claim is not preserved for review. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); Edwards v. City of Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 n. 6 (4th Cir.1999).