Godwin
Godwin v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*783 MEMORANDUM **
Alex Chijindu Godwin, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.
The IJ found Godwin not credible, and also found that he failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution.
Even assuming Godwin was credible, the record does not compel the conclusion that Godwin established past persecution because he did not testify to being personally harmed or threatened on account of his religion. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003).
The record also does not compel the conclusion that Godwin established a well-founded fear of future persecution because he failed to show that his family members, who suffered isolated incidents of harm, would be linked to him, Arriaga-Barrientos v. INS, 937 F.2d 411, 414 (9th…