Ahsanullah

Ahsanullah v. Gonzales

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203 F. App'x 177
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 20, 2006No. 04-70173California412 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioners Al Haj Mohammad Ahsanul-lah (“Ahsanullah”) and Mohammad Omar Sharif (“Omar”) petition for review of a final BIA order. The order concluded (1) the immigration judge (“IJ”) correctly determined changed country conditions in Bangladesh rebutted Ahsanullah’s claims of a well-founded fear of future persecution, and (2) Petitioners provided no arguments to demonstrate why they should be excused from their attorney’s representa *178 tions to the IJ that Omar would proceed as a derivative applicant of Ahsanullah, and not of his mother. We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusions with respect to changed country conditions. See Tawadrus v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir.2004) (findings of fact are conclusive unless a reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary). The record shows the IJ performed a sufficiently individualized analysis of Ahsanullah’s claims of persecution, which were based on his affiliation with the Jatiyo Party in Bangladesh. See Garrovillas v. INS, 156 F.3d 1010, 1017 (9th Cir.1998). The IJ relied on valid State Department country reports specifically detailing changed…

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