Petrosyan

MEMORANDUM **

Naira Petrosyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision dismissing her appeal- from the Immigration Judge’s denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the denial of asylum and withholding of removal, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and will uphold the BIA’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

We conclude that substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Petrosyan is not eligible for asylum because she failed to show that authorities arrested her husband on account of his whistle-blowing activities, rather than because they suspected him of embezzlement. See Dinu v. Ashcroft, 372 F.3d 1041, 1044-45 (9th Cir.2004) (asylum denied where petitioner failed to show that criminal investigation was not the reason for arrest). Moreover, Petrosyan failed to show that…