Baroi

Baroi v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

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22 F. App'x 775
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 14, 2001No. 00-71239; INS No. A73-413-574California258 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Luda Dollosa Baroi, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the transitional rules apply, see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s determination that an applicant has not established eligibility for asylum, and we must uphold the BIA’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir. 1998). We deny the petition.

Baroi testified that her Bangladeshi husband was unable to practice medicine in the Philippines and thus she and her family could not live together in the Philippines. Because this evidence does not compel the conclusion that Baroi was persecuted or has a well founded fear of persecution on account of an enumerated ground, the BIA’s determination that Ba-roi failed to establish eligibility for asylum *776 is supported by substantial evidence. See Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1060-62 (9th…

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