Ibrahim

Ibrahim v. Gonzales

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171 F. App'x 44
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 14, 2006No. 04-75463California462 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Semira Mohamed Ibrahim, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) 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 legal questions de novo, see Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003), and the BIA’s factual findings for substantial evidence, see Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339 (9th Cir.1995), we deny the petition for review in part, grant in part, and remand for further proceedings.

The evidence does not compel the conclusion that Ibrahim’s three-day detention, during which she was neither questioned nor physically harmed, rises to the level of past persecution. See Prasad, 47 F.3d at 339-40 (concluding that past persecution finding was not compelled where petitioner was briefly arrested, questioned, and beaten, and where his wife was harassed and family members were raped and murdered).

Nor does the evidence compel a finding that Ibrahim has an objectively reasonable fear of future…

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