Youssef

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioners Joseph Ayad Gabra Youssef (“Youssef’) and his wife Sharon Malick Kamel Hendy (“Hendy”) each petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of the decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) holding them ineligible for asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). As the parties are familiar with the facts, history, and arguments, we will not recount them here. Because we conclude that the IJ’s decision is supported by substantial evidence, we deny the petitions. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004).

The IJ correctly found that Youssef s testimony regarding a threat made by a neighbor and two instances of brief detention is insufficient to establish past persecution. See Mendez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft, 340 F.3d 865 , 870 n. 6 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that occasional incidents of detention and interrogation and unfulfilled threats that are not so menacing as to cause significant actual suffering or harm do not rise to the level of persecution).

The evidence is also insufficient to compel a finding that Youssef and Hendy have a well-founded fear of future…