Simonyan

Simonyan v. Gonzales

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180 F. App'x 734
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 18, 2006No. 04-75652California261 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Alla Simonyan, a native of Georgia and citizen of Armenia, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention *735 Against Torture (“CAT”). To the extent we have jurisdiction it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 816 (9th Cir.2001), we dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

We lack jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that extraordinary circumstances prevented Simonyan from filing her asylum application within one year of entering the United States. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(3); Ramadan v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 1218, 1222 (9th Cir.2005).

Simonyan’s evidence does not compel the conclusion that she is eligible for withholding of removal because she did not establish a “clear probability” that she will be persecuted on account of her religion, or any other protected ground, upon returning to Armenia. See Hakeem, 273 F.3d at 816-17 .

Simonyan failed to establish eligibility for CAT relief because she did not…

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