Case Name: Tendayi Tafadzwa MAREYA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-09-11
Citations: 193 F. App'x 650
Docket Number: No. 05-1867
Parties: Tendayi Tafadzwa MAREYA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.
Judges: Before RILEY, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 193
Pages: 650–651

Head Matter:
Tendayi Tafadzwa MAREYA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.
No. 05-1867.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 7, 2006.
Filed: Sept. 11, 2006.
Tendayi Tafadzwa Mareya, St. Paul, MN, pro se.
Scott Baniecke, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Bruce Norum, Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enforcement Department of Homeland Security, Bloomington, MN, Richard M. Evans, Thomas W. Hussey, Susan K. Houser, Karen Drummond, Nancy E. Friedman, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Lori Scialabba, U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review, Falls Church, VA, for Respondent.
Before RILEY, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Tendayi Mareya, a native and citizen of Zimbabwe, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed the decision of the immigration judge (IJ), denying his requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).
We first hold that we lack jurisdiction to review the BIA's determination that Mare-ya's asylum application was barred as untimely filed. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3) ("[n]o court shall have jurisdiction to review any determination of the Attorney General under [8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)]"); Tolego v. Gonzales, 452 F.3d 763, 766 (8th Cir.2006) ("this court lacks jurisdiction to review either the IJ's determination that the asylum application was not timely filed or the Attorney General's decision rejecting the applicant's complaint of changed circumstances").
With respect to Mareya's requests for withholding of removal or CAT relief, his own testimony showed that neither he nor any immediate family member was politically active; he never suffered harm in Zimbabwe based upon his social group or political opinion; and members of his immediate family were able to travel and live in Zimbabwe relatively safely. By contrast, his testimony supporting his claim of feared persecution was vague and speculative. We conclude that the evidence was not so compelling that a reasonable factfinder would be bound to find the requisite probability of persecution. Thus, the BIA's denials of withholding of removal and CAT relief are supported by substantial evidence in the record. See Wijono v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 868, 872, 874 (8th Cir.2006) (applicant seeking withholding of removal had burden to show clear probability of persecution; to overcome substantial-evidence review standard, applicant must show that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find requisite probability of persecution; independent analysis of CAT claim is not required if it was based upon same factual basis as withholding-of-removal claim).
The petition for review is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.