Gazizova

MEMORANDUM **

Libya Basyrovna Gazizova, native and citizen of Russia, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her application 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, Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1193 (9th Cir.2003), and we deny the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that Gazizova was persecuted by the Russian government or agents of the government based on her ethnicity and her attempted exposure of corruption in the medical institution where she worked. Assuming Gazizova is credible, substantial evidence supports the BIA finding that Gazizova did not establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution by individuals the Russian government is unwilling or unable to control. See Castro-Perez v. Gonzales, 409 F.3d 1069, 1072 (9th Cir.2005). Therefore she has not established her eligibility for asylum.

As Gazizova is unable to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily fails to meet…