Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 28, 2004, No. 03-70049 (Tabaku v. Ashcroft)

MEMORANDUM *

Blerim Tabaku, a Macedonian native of Albanian ethnicity, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum. We deny the petition for review.

The government’s contention that we lack jurisdiction to consider Tabaku’s argument because he failed to exhaust it is without merit.