Elizabeth Cada v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Elizabeth Zabala Cada, her husband Raymundo R. Cada, and their two children petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing Cada’s appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . When the Board adopts and affirms the IJ’s decision and adds its own reasons, we review both decisions. See Nuru v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1207, 1215 (9th Cir.2005). Reviewing jurisdictional questions de novo, Luu-Le v. INS, 224 F.3d 911, 914 (9th Cir.2000), and findings of fact for substantial evidence, Zhang v. Gonzales, 408 F.3d 1239, 1244 (9th Cir.2005), we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The agency’s determination that Cada did not suffer past persecution is supported by substantial evidence. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1020-21 (9th Cir.2006) (holding that one detention, beating, and interrogation, which did not require medical treatment or result in adverse employment consequences, did not constitute past persecution); Prasad v. INS,…