Badalzadeh
Badalzadeh v. Holder
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Emil Badalzadeh, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her applications 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 findings of fact, Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006), and we review de novo constitutional *239 violations, see Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that the three-day detention during which the police kicked and pushed Badalzadeh one time and told her to sign a confession did not rise to level of past persecution. See Gu, 454 F.3d at 1018-19 . Further, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Badalzadeh’s well-founded fear is undermined because she remained in Iran without incident for two years after her arrest, see Lata, 204 F.3d at 1245 , and because she safely traveled back and forth from Iran twice, see Loho v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 1016, 1017-18 (9th Cir.2008).…