Lata

MEMORANDUM **

Usha Lata, a native and citizen of Fiji, and her husband, Yasuyuki Suzuki, a native and citizen of Japan, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . “Where, as here, the BIA reviews the IJ’s decision de novo, our review is limited to the BIA’s decision, except to the extent that the IJ’s opinion is expressly adopted.” Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1067 (9th Cir.2000). We review for substantial evidence and reverse only if the evidence compels the opposite conclusion. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

Even assuming Lata’s testimony is credible, the evidence does not compel the conclusion that the threats she received at her job and in her home on account of her marriage to a Japanese man, rose to the level of persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995).

The evidence also does not compel the conclusion that Lata established a subjective fear of…