Ghobrial

MEMORANDUM ***

Lead petitioner, Venice Anwar Saleh Ghobrial, and her two sons, Mina Youssef Morcos and Michaels Youssef Morcos, are natives and citizens of Egypt. Ghobrial and her sons petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, which summarily affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

Where, as here, the BIA affirms without an opinion, we review the IJ’s decision directly. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

Even assuming Ghobrial testified credibly, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision that Ghobrial failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 338-340 (9th Cir.1995),

With respect to the first car accident incident, its aftermath, and the subsequent harassment by a police officer, substantial evidence supports the conclusion that the harm Ghobrial…