Tsehaye

Tsehaye v. Gonzales

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147 F. App'x 706
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 19, 2005No. 04-72542California540 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Tsehainesh A. Tsehaye, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence and must uphold the IJ’s decision unless the petitioner’s evidence compels reversal. Ali v. Ashcroft, 394 F.3d 780, 784 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Tsehaye is not eligible for asylum because she failed to establish *707 an objectively reasonable fear of persecution by the Ethiopian government on account of her Eritrean heritage. See Garcia-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2004) (an alien satisfies the objective component of the test for persecution by presenting “credible, direct, and specific evidence ... that persecution is a reasonable possibility”) (internal quotation omitted).

The record shows that Tsehaye has a traditionally Ethiopian name and a valid…

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