Ebrahima Kabba v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Ebrahima Kabba, a native of Sierra Leone, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Kabba claims that he suffered past persecution because of his refusal to join the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). The IJ denied relief because Kabba failed to establish past persecution based on a protected ground or a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to Sierra Leone. The BIA agreed and denied all relief. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review in part and dismiss it in part.

This court reviews questions of law de novo. Annachamy v. Holder, 733 F.3d 254, 258 (9th Cir.2012), overruled on other grounds by Abdisalan v. Holder, 774 F.3d 517, 526 (9th Cir.2014). The BIA’s findings of fact are reviewed for substantial evidence and “are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B); see also Jie Cui v. Holder, 712 F.3d 1332, 1336 (9th Cir.2013). An applicant may be granted asylum…