Ahmed

Ahmed v. Gonzales

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221 F. App'x 558
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 23, 2007No. 05-73228California424 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Aziz Ahmed, his wife and two adult children, natives and citizens of Bangladesh, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and *559 relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Ali v. Ashcroft, 894 F.3d 780, 784 (9th Cir.2005), we deny the petition for review in part, grant in part, and remand.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Ahmed failed to show past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. The IJ’s finding of no past persecution is supported because the threats, interrogations and mob attack on Ahmed’s car do not rise, cumulatively or otherwise, to the level of past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339 (9th Cir.1995); cf. Mashiri v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 1112, 1115-16 (9th Cir.2004). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s finding that Ahmed did not establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1018 (9th Cir.2003). As the IJ noted,…

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