Sahakyan
Sahakyan v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Azniv Sahakyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“LJ”) order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 338-39 (9th Cir.1995), we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s findings that Sahakyan was not persecuted and that her fear of future persecution is not objectively reasonable. The events described by Sahakyan, including being briefly detained and questioned on one occasion, being threatened, and being subjected once to vandalism, considered alone or in combination, do not compel a finding that she was persecuted or has an objectively reasonable fear of persecution. See Prasad, 47 F.3d at 339-40 (finding no past persecution or well-founded fear of future persecution where the petitioner was arrested, detained for four to six hours and beaten, and private citizens threw stones at his house and attempted to steal property); see also…