Jaimes-Cornejo

MEMORANDUM ***

Petitioner Jacobo Jaimes-Cornejo and his wife, Maria Lopez-Jaimes, petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). Jaimes-Cornejo credibly testified that he fled Mexico based upon threats against his family made on account of his father’s political activities. However, the IJ found that the details of past persecution were too vague to be accorded weight sufficient to satisfy the burden of proof for asylum. Because substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision, we deny the petition as to the withholding of removal and CAT claims and dismiss the petition as to the asylum claim.

We have jurisdiction over the petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1). As the BIA affirmed the IJ’s order without opinion, we review the IJ’s order as the final agency action. Kebede v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 808, 809 (9th Cir.2004).

Jaimes-Cornejo first challenges the constitutionality of streamlining. Streamlining is not a per se violation of due process. Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845 (9th Cir.2003). Although the…