Arakelyan

MEMORANDUM **

Margarit Arakelyan, a native of Russia and a citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, see Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that although Arakelyan suffered mistreatment, there has been a fundamental change in circumstances such that Arakelyan no longer has a well-founded fear of persecution by Armenian authorities. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13 (b)(1)(i)(A), (B). Arakelyan testified that the government tried to force her to incriminate an individual who has since been convicted, imprisoned, released and rehired by the government. Further, Arakelyan testified that her husband, son and daughter, who fled to Russia soon after Arakelyan left for the United States, have returned to Armenia and reside in the family home. Aso, Aakelyan’s son…