Rabadi

MEMORANDUM ***

Randa Al Rabadi, a native and citizen of Jordan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We apply the transitional rules under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, and we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208 , 1209 n. 2 (9th Cir. 2000) (per curiam). We review purely legal questions de novo, and review factual findings concerning credibility and eligibility for asylum for substantial evidence. Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995). We deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that A1 Rabadi failed to show past persecution because she did not claim she was mistreated by the Jordanian authorities and she did not establish that the alleged persecution of her relatives was closely tied to her. See id. at 1431 (distinguishing persecution from religious discrimination); Arriaga-Barrientos v. INS, 937 F.2d 411, 414 (9th Cir.1991) (holding acts of violence against family members establish fear only if violence…